Canik Atatürk Sports Hall ( tr, Canik Atatürk Spor Salonu) is a multi-purpose indoor sport venue located in

Canik Canik is one of the main municipalities in Samsun, Turkey, located at the east of the city center. The municipality had 89,753 inhabitants as of the 2009 census. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the four town municipaliti ...

district of

Samsun Province Samsun Province ( tr, Samsun ili) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 (2010). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop Province, Sinop on the northwest, Çorum Province, Çorum on the west, A ...

, northern Turkey. It was named in honor of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

(1881–1938), who started the national independence movement in 1919 after setting foot in

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun reco ...

. The venue hosts basketball, handball, volleyball, and table tennis competitions. In December 2013, a second floor was opened featuring a hall for judo, karate and taekwondo events. The sports hall has a seating capacity for 1,000 spectators, including 100 for

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, 100 for media members, 100 for accredited sportspeople and 100 for physically handicapped people.

International events hosted

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women took place in the arena. In 2016, the

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The FIBA U18 European Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Juniors, is a youth men's basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1964 edition. It was held biennially through the 2002 edition. From the 2004 e ...

were held in the sports hall. The venue will host judo, karate and taekwondo events of the

2017 Summer Deaflympics ) , nations = 86 , athletes = 2,873 , events = 219 in 18 sports , stadium = Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium , opened_by = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , torch_lighter = Ertuğrul Bursa , opening = July 18, 2017 , closing ...

References

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