Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall ( tr, Ankara Atatürk Spor Salonu) is an indoor sport arena located in the district of Ulus in

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. The hall with a

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for 4,500 people and a parking lot for 500 cars was built in 1969. Home of the clubs Büyük Kolej and

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, it is the second biggest indoor sport hall in Ankara after ASKI Sport Hall, where competitions of

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and handball are held. Following the preliminary round, which took place in Bursa and

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, Atatürk Sport Hall hosted 16.

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