Åžehit Polis Recep TopaloÄŸlu Sports Hall () is a multi-purpose
indoor arena
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located in
Izmit of
Kocaeli Province
Kocaeli Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, Ä°zmit, which is thus also sometim ...
, 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
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during a clash with
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern ...
militants on
Mount Judi
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in
Şırnak Province
Şırnak Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt Province, Siirt, Hakkâri Province, Hakkâri and Mardin ...
, 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
*
2015 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship
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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