The Karate World is in mourning again. A few weeks after the death of the Kazakh Vice President, Zhastalap Sanauov, the dynamic and influential President of the Turkish Federation, Esat Delihasan, passed away yesterday, Sunday, April 19.

By Ludovic Mauchien / Photo : Kphotos

 The 52-year-old was swept away by Covid after struggling for two weeks in hospital. International in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, he had successively been coach and technical director of the Turkish federation before becoming its president. Member of the WKF executive committee, Esat Delihasan had allowed Turkish Karate to come back to the forefront of the international scene. Karate is losing one of its major players. Rest in peace Esat !