Åžehit Polis Recep TopaloÄŸlu Sports Hall ( tr, Åžehit Polis Recep TopaloÄŸlu Spor Salonu) is a multi-purpose
indoor arena
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located in
Izmit of
Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
The venue is used for competitions and trainings of a wide variety of sports branches including basketball, volleyball, handball, fencing, table tennis, wrestling, judo, karate, kick boxing and taekwondo.
Opened officially on 6 August 2012, it has a seating capacity of 5,000.
The sports hall is named in honor of Recep TopaloÄŸlu, a swimming instructor as well as amateur footballer from Ä°zmit, and member of the
Police Special Operation Force, who was
killed in action during a clash with
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
militants on
Mount Judi in
Şırnak Province, southeastern Anatolia on 21 March 2012.
Events hosted
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2012–13 Turkish Cup Basketball
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2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage
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Format
24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams, where they played each other twice. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage. The draw took place on 2 ...
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2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship
The 2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Kocaeli and Sakarya, Turkey from April 4 – 12, 2015. The top six teams were qualified for the 2015 Youth World Championship.
Participating teams
* Host
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* Qualified throug ...
References
Sports venues completed in 2012
Basketball venues in Turkey
Volleyball venues in Turkey
Handball venues in Turkey
Sports venues in Ä°zmit
2012 establishments in Turkey
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