The Bosphorus Rally (also called Istanbul Rally, Fiat Rally, Rally of Turkey and Günaydin Rally) is a rally event, held near Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the first international rally events in Turkey. The first Bosphorus Rally was held in 1972. The rally was regular part of the European Rally Championship since its first incarnation and was also included in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge calendar.
The Bosphorus Rally was also called Rally of Turkey for a while. However, the Rally of Turkey which became a round from the World Rally Championship has HQ in Antalya and thus it's completely different from the Bosphorus Rally.
The Rally is not to be confused with the Boğaziçi Rallisi, held since 1975, also called Bosphorus Rally in some editions.
Winners Sources: Year Name Driver Car 1972 1. Günaydin Rally Engin Serozan Renault 12 1973 2. Günaydin Rally Levent Pekün Renault 12 1974 3. Günaydin Rally Faruk Süren Renault 12 1975 4. Günaydin Rallisi Aytaç Kot Renault 12 1976 5. Günaydin Rallisi Renç Koçibey Murat 124 1977 6. Günaydin Rally Ali Bacıoğlu Opel Kadett GT/E 1978 7. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine 1979 8. Uluslararası Günaydin Türkiye Rallisi Renç Koçibey Ford Escort RS 2000 1980 9. Günaydin Rally Azmi Avcıoğu Murat 131 1981 10. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine 1982 11. Günaydin Rally Radoslav Petkov Porsche 911 1983 12. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine 1984 13. Günaydin Rally Franz Wurz Audi Quattro 1985 14. Günaydin Rally Kalevi Aho Opel Manta 400 1986 15. Günaydin Rally Gerhard Kalnay Škoda 130 LR 1987 16. Günaydin International Turkish Rally Kalevi Aho Renault 11 Turbo 1988 17. Günaydin Rally Emre Yerlici Audi Coupé Quattro 1989 18. Günaydin Turkiye Rallisi Emre Yerlici Lancia Delta Integrale 1990 19. Günaydin Rally Philippe Bugalski Renault 11 Turbo 1991 20. Rally of Turkey Ali Bacıoğlu Lancia Delta Integrale 1992 21. Rally of Turkey İskender Atakan Lancia Delta Integrale 1993 22. Rally of Turkey İskender Atakan Lancia Delta Integrale 1994 23. International Rally of Turkey Ercan Kazaz Lancia Delta Integrale 1995 24. Rally of Turkey Mark Higgins Nissan Sunny GTI 1996 25. Rally of Turkey Serdar Bostancı Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1997 26. Rally of Turkey Volkan Işık Ford Escort WRC 1998 27. Rally of Turkey Alessandro Fiorio Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1999 28. Rally of Turkey Volkan Işık Toyota Celica GT-Four 2000 29. Rally of Turkey Henrik Lundgaard Toyota Corolla WRC 2001 30. Tofaş Rally Turkey Armin Kremer Toyota Corolla WRC 2002 31. Tofaş Rally Turkey Janusz Kulig Ford Focus RS WRC 2003 32. Tofaş Rally Turkey Bruno Thiry Peugeot 206 WRC 2004 33. FIAT Rally Simon Jean Joseph Renault Clio S1600 2005 34. FIAT Rally Simon Jean Joseph Renault Clio S1600 2006 35. FIAT Rally Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2007 36. FIAT Rally Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2008 37. Istanbul Rally Luca Rossetti Peugeot 207 S2000 2009 38. Istanbul Rally Michał Sołowow Peugeot 207 S2000 2010 39. Bosphorus Rally Luca Rossetti Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2011 40. Bosphorus Rally Yağiz Avci (Overall) Ford Fiesta S2000 Luca Betti (ERC) Peugeot 207 S2000 2012 41. Bosphorus Rally Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2013 42. Bosphorus Rally Orhan Avcioğlu Ford Fiesta S2000 2014 43. Bosphorus Rally Murat Bostanci Ford Fiesta S2000 2015 44. Bosphorus Rally Murat Bostanci Ford Fiesta S2000 2016 45. Marmaris Rally Turkey Yagiz Avci Peugeot 208 T16 R5 2017 46. Marmaris Rally Turkey Orhan Avcioğlu Škoda Fabia R5
Notes: - The rally had various name incarnations during the years. - Yağiz Avci set the overall fastest time, but he wasn't registered for the European Rally Championship and therefore he isn't recognized as the winner by the FIA. In ERC FIA recognized the second fastest overall Luca Betti as winner.
References
External links The official website for the rally