In the booklet titled "Start to Play Chess: A Beginner's Guide For School Children" published by ASEAN Chess Academy directed by FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong, in the section titled "Chess in Schools" the Turkish case is mentioned as "the big success story". Here is the section:
"And the facts speak for themselves: Which is the fastest growing chess federation in the world? FIDE officers debated this for years, but now all discussion has ended. It is the Turkish Chess Federation, which increased its membership from 3,000 to 150,000 in six years, and installed 12,000 chess teachers in schools. Now the TCF has moved into spanking new quarters in children studying chess in schools, 200,000 members in the Turkish Chess Federation, 25,000 certified chess teachers, 5,000 electronic clocks and 100,000 chess sets bought each year."
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