Darussafaka Society

As the pioneer of the robotics clubs among high schools in Turkey, Darussafaka Robotics Team “Sultans of Türkiye” participated in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology) "FIRST Midwest Regional Championship Chicago" and came back home with two awards.  

This year, Darussafaka FRC Team competed at the Chicago Regional in April and has won the most prestigious award, the Chairman’s Award for the second time. Thanks to their success, they earned a place in the FRC World Championship which will take place in Houston on April 19-21. 

18 Darussafaka students, 1 teacher and 2 mentors took part in the team and they competed with teams from around the world.

Their robot “The King” was produced with the sponsorship of Siemens  gave support to the team throughout the process. Fikret Yüksel Foundation which was established in the USA by late 1941 Darüssafaka graduate Fikret Yüksel, helped founding the Darüssafaka Robotics Team 9 years ago, and still continues its support today.

They still need support to achieve bigger success. They are all hardworking students who will be the successful engineers of the future.

Darussafaka FRC Team has been participating in the FRC competitions since 2009.

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List of FRC Awards of the Darussafaka Robotics Team:

Seattle 2009 - Judges Award
Chicago 2010 - Imagery Award
Seattle 2011 - Team Spirit Award
Chicago 2013  - Six wins in ten matches, first backup finalist
Orlando 2015 – Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
Carson Division 2015 – First Turkish Veteran team that participated in the Championship
Off-Season Event in Turkey 2015 – Chairman’s Award
Second Off-Season Event in Turkey 2016 - Chairman's Award
San Francisco 2017- Chairman's Award
Houston World Champs 2017- Team Spirit Award
4th China Robotics Challenge 2017- Inspiration Award
Third Off-Season Event in Turkey 2017- Finalist & Excellence in Engineering Award
Istanbul 2018- Judges Award
Chicago 2018 – Chairman’s Award