ATHENS - Turkish National Basketball Team player and Turkish Basketball First Division club Ulkerspor's guard Ibrahim Kutluay joined the Olympic torch relay of the 28th Olympic Games on Friday.
Prominent Greek actor Aris Sakelaridis handed the torch to Kutluay on Ikavitos, the highest hill in Greece, and Kutluay handed it to Vivien Didi from the Greek Shooting Sports Federation after nearly one kilometer of brisk walk.
Kutluay said, ''I am very happy to fulfill such an honorable duty here. Besides I feel honored for being the first Turkish torch bearer in an Olympic host city. I once again understood how much Greek people love me and how much I missed them.''
Kutluay had a one-year spell with Greece's AEK club in 2001-2002 season and onother one-year spell with Greece's Panathinaikos club in 2002-2003 season.
(MS) 13.08.2004