İsmet İnönü Stadium (), formerly Çilekli Football Field (), is a football stadium of the Beşiktaş municipality at 4. Levent neighborhood of
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...
district in
Istanbul
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, Turkey.
It was built in 2001. Owned by the district municipality of BeÅŸiktaÅŸ, it is operated by BeltaÅŸ. The facility has an 800-seat capacity. The field's surface is
artificial turf
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. It has
floodlight
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s installed.
The Beşiktaş women's football team play some of their home matches at Çilekli Football Field.
The stadium was renamed to honor Turkish statesman
İsmet İnönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...
(1884–1973) by a decision of the Beşiktaş municipal council in April 2018. The venue is home to football matches of the
Turkish Amateur Football Leagues
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