Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

established in 1983 in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

and

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

with 353 women and 467 men in active sport as of December 2010.

Facilities

Sports facilities of the club are situated within the Sadi Gülçelik Sport Complex stretching over land located in

İstinye İstinye is a neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It is located in the district of Sarıyer, between the neighbourhoods of Emirgan and Yeniköy, on the northwestern shore of the Bosporus strait. It is one of the f ...

neighborhood of

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It consists of the neighbourhoods of Rumelifeneri, Tarabya, Yeniköy, İstinye, Emirgan and Rumelihisarı. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea c ...

district in Istanbul. There are * one athletics field with six tartan tracks, * one multi-purpose arena consisting of ** three

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

halls, ** one

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, which can be covered in the winter time, ** a semi-olympic size covered swimming pool, ** a covered 12-lane swimming and water polo pool, ** 12 tennis courts: six training courts of which four can be covered, two open and three covered tennis courts.

Athletics

Sportspeople

Enkaspor played a leading role in bringing talented foreign athletes into Turkey.

Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can ( Turkish); born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born naturalized Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over d ...

Anzhela Atroshchenko Anzhela Atroshchenko-Kinet (born be, Анжэла Атрошчанка, russian: Анжела Атрощенко on ) is a former Turkish athlete of Belarusian descent. She competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon category. Biography Atroshche ...

Sviatlana Sudak Sviatlana Sudak ( be, Сьвятлана Судак; born 20 March 1971) is a Turkish female hammer thrower of Belarusian origin. She was born in Grodno, Belarus. Career Belarus On 5 June 1994, she set a new world record with 67.34 metres. Unfor ...

and Alemitu Bekele are sportspeople, who were gained to compete successfully at international events for Turkey. Many members of Enkaspor are holder of Turkish national records in their branch.

Team achievements

;2010: * Senior men Turkey champion * Senior women Turkey champion * Junior men Turkey runner-up * Junior women Turkey runner-up

Notable sportspeople

;Swimming *

Yiğit Aslan Yiğit Aslan (born 11 March 2003) is a Turkish swimmer competing in freestyle events. He obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Inspired by a poster about a swimming course in a shopping mall, he started swimming sport at the age of ten ...

(born 2004), freestyle swimmer *

Beril Böcekler Beril Böcekler (born 7 February 2004) is a Turkish competitive swimmer in freestyle. She is a member of Enka SK in Istanbul. Böcekler won the silver medal both in the 800 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 European Junio ...

(born 2004), female freestyle swimmer *

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş or Viktoria Solntseva ( uk, Вікторія Солнцева; born 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014) swimmer. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League. Career ...

(born 1998), female swimmer of Uktainian origin *

Merve Tuncel Merve Tuncel (born 1 January 2005) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in the freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of Enka SK. Early years Merve Tuncel was born to S ...

(born 2005) female freestyle swimmer ;Tennis *

Çağla Büyükakçay Çağla Büyükakçay (; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has won 11 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 6 ...

- The first Turkish woman tennis player in singles to play Grand Slam qualification tournament (2010 US Open) and win a WTA singles title ( 2016 Istanbul Cup) *

Melis Sezer Melis Sezer (born 2 June 1993) is a Turkish tennis player. On 3 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 336. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 219 in the doubles rankings. Sezer has won nine singles and 37 doubles titles on ...

- The first Turkish junior woman tennis player to compete in Wimbledon, US and Australia Open tournaments *

Ipek Soylu Ipek or İpek may refer to: People * İpek (given name) * Ipek Duben (born 1941), Turkish artist * Assiya İpek (born 1993), Turkish women's weightlifter * Emrah Ipek (born 1971), Turkish singer and actor * Hasan İpek (born 1959), Turkish bu ...

- Tennis player winner of the

2016 WTA Elite Trophy The 2016 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China from 1 to 6 November 2016. It was the second edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was cont ...

;Track and field *

- 2010 European champion in 10,000 m and silver medalist in 5,000 m. *

Meryem Akda Meryem Akda, also spelled Akdağ (born Mirriam Jepchirchir Maiyo on August 5, 1992) is a Turkish female middle-distance running, middle-distance and Long-distance running, long-distance runner of Kenyan origin competing in the 3000 metres steeplec ...

- 3000 m steeplechase and 5000 m runner. *

Meryem Bekmez Meryem Bekmez (born 31 July 2000) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is a native of Diyarbakır, Turkey. She was a member of the municipality-owned club of Kayapınar, before she was transferred by E ...

(born 2000), race walker *

Yasemin Can Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on December 11, 1996) is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is the reigning European 10,000 m champion. Can is a five-time Europea ...

- long-distance runner. *

Tuğba Danışmaz Tuğba Danışmaz (born 1 September 1999https://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/Sporcu-Detay/8207) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump. She won the gold medal for the triple jump at the 2023 European Athl ...

(born 1999), long jump and triple jump athlete *

Evin Demir Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 metres race walk, 5000 m and 10 kilometres race walk, 10,000 m events. She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul, Turkey. She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, bef ...

(born 2001), race walker *

Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985, in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athletic ...

- 2010 European silver medalist in cross country. Gold medalist at the 2011 Universiade in 3,000 m steeplechase and 5,000 m. *

Pınar Saka Pınar Saka (born 5 November 1985) is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint discipline competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. She is the Turkish national record holder for 400 m. This time is the first time a Turk ...

- 400 m runner *

Merve Aydın Merve Aydın (born 17 March 1990) is a Turkish middle distance runner. She is a member of Fenerbahce athletics team. The tall athlete at is coached by Gülnara Mamadova. She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior ...

- 800 m runner ;Wrestling * Mehlika Öztürk, freestyle

References

{{reflist Sports clubs established in 1983 Athletics clubs in Turkey Running clubs in Turkey Sport in Istanbul Multi-sport clubs in Turkey Basketball teams in Turkey Defunct basketball teams in Turkey Water polo clubs in Turkey 1983 establishments in Turkey Volleyball clubs in Istanbul