Turkey appeals for candidacy to host 2020 Olympic games

LAUSANNE (A.A) - Turkey submitted Wednesday Istanbul's bid to be nominated to candidacy to host 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games. Turkey's National Olympic Committee Deputy Chairman Hasan Arat presented Turkey's dossier to Jacqueline Barrett, director of bid city relations at the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.       Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Arat said the Turkish dossier included a master plan and a technical details, which he said had received positive reactions. "This is the first step which would be followed by the nomination of the candidacies on May 25 in Canada, and the final decision will be made in Buenos Aires in 2013," Arat said.       Arat said the master plan included existing sports facilities as well as those planned to be constructed and an olympic village, a media village.  Arat said the Turkish government had extended tremendous support for Istanbul's bid for candidacy, adding that the city made its first appeal 20 years ago. "There is a huge difference between today's Istanbul and Istanbul 20 years back," Arat said.