Canan Bastık Salkım

Life and work

The story behind the role.

Canan Bastık Salkım began table tennis in primary school. The Bursa branch of the Turkish Table Tennis Federation documents national and international competitive results, a later national-team coaching role, and work as team conditioning coach at national camps and European Championships. The record does not specify individual medals or years for those competitions.

She studied physical education and sport at Uludağ University, completed her master’s at Dumlupınar University and doctorate at Gazi University. She began lecturing at Hitit University’s Faculty of Sport Sciences in 2010 and joined Bursa Uludağ’s Coaching Education Department in 2022, where she is listed as deputy head. Her federation biography records service on table-tennis education and university-sport technical committees, and appointment as Bursa provincial table-tennis representative from January 2025.

Bursa Uludağ also identifies her as coordinator of a project to teach table tennis across Bursa, working with provincial sport and education authorities and Kestel Municipality.

Canan Bastık Salkım was listed as the federation's Bursa provincial representative when the official page was reviewed on 7 October 2026.

Canan Bastık Salkım was listed on the federation's Education Board when reviewed on 7 October 2026.