In this study, an integrated MCDM model is proposed to determine the best metropolitan city in Turkey for hosting of the Olympic Games. The contribution of this study is that there are very few studies related to the selection of hosting places for Olympic Games using MCDM methods | The selection of the best Olympic place for Turkey using an integrated MCDM model Decision Science Letters 8 2019 1 16 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Decision Science Letters homepage dsl The selection of the best Olympic place for Turkey using an integrated MCDM model Coşkun Karacaa Alptekin Ulutaşb Gül Yamanerc and Ayşe Topald aFinance Department Cumhuriyet University Sivas 58000 Turkey bInternational Trade and Logistics Department Cumhuriyet University Sivas 58000 Turkey cCoaching Education Department Hitit University Çorum 19030 Turkey d Operation Management and Marketing Department Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Niğde 51000 Turkey CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Hosting Olympic Games is a significant opportunity for every country and her metropolitan Received March 23 2018 cities. Olympics offer several benefits to the Host countries and cities such as introducing cultural Received in revised format assets of the country to the world and increasing economic value of the country and city May 10 2018 Olympics held. Countries and cities wishing to host Olympic Games have to prove that they have Accepted May 24 2018 Available online the qualifications to be host of these games. The International Olympic Committee IOC has May 24 2018 identified 5 main criteria and 22 sub-criteria to determine the objectivity measure of this Keywords adequacy. These criteria are in conflict with each other so multi-criteria decision making Selection of Olympic Games Place MCDM methods can be useful to determine the best host country and its city for Olympic Entropy Method Games. In this study an integrated MCDM model is proposed to determine the best metropolitan COPRAS Method city in Turkey for hosting of the Olympic Games. The contribution of this study is that there are very few studies related to the selection of hosting places for Olympic Games using MCDM methods. The results of the integrated model show that Antalya is the best .
