▁T B H F ▁conduct s ▁seven ▁ice ▁hockey ▁le agues ▁for ▁men ' s ▁and ▁women ' s . ▁The ▁feder ation ▁organ izes ▁also ▁the ▁national ▁teams ▁for ▁men ' s , ▁men ' s ▁junior , ▁men ' s ▁U - 1 8 ▁and ▁women ' s . ▁As ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Turkey ▁men ' s ▁national ▁team ▁ranks ▁ 3 9 th ▁and ▁the ▁women ' s ▁ 3 5 th ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁History ▁Ice ▁hockey ▁playing ▁started ▁in ▁Turkey ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁at ▁At at ür k ▁ice ▁r ink ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁fro zen ▁pool ▁of ▁Youth ▁Park ▁in ▁An k ara ▁and ▁Kor uk ent ▁ice ▁r ink ▁in ▁Ist an bul . ▁The ▁first ▁ice ▁hockey ▁match ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁January ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁played ▁at ▁At at ür k ▁ice ▁r ink ▁in ▁An k ara ▁between ▁the ▁teams ▁of ▁An k ara ▁and ▁Ist an bul , ▁which ▁were ▁co ached ▁by ▁an ▁American ▁Gl enn ▁Brown ▁and ▁Sin ish a ▁Tom ic ▁from ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁respectively . ▁ ▁By ▁February ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁" B uz ▁P aten i ▁Sar ay ı " ▁( liter ally ▁" I ce ▁Sk ating ▁Palace "), ▁country ' s ▁first ▁Olympic ▁size ▁hockey ▁r ink ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁An k ara , ▁which ▁initi ated ▁the ▁ice ▁hockey