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The Mehmet Çakır Cultural and Sports Center () is a
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complex located in
Çengelköy Çengelköy () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 13,801 (2022). It is on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus strait, between the neighborhoods of Beylerbeyi and Kuleli. It ...
neighborhood of
Ãœsküdar Ãœsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...
district in
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, Turkey. It is named after Mehmet Çakır, the former mayor of Üsküdar district. The center was built by the Municipality of Üsküdar as a water sports complex on an area of in Çengelköy near
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. Inaugurated officially on May 26, 2015, the center has three indoor swimming pool halls for males and three for females, including two semi-olympic swimming pools of size with 200-spectator capacity each. It has further a multi-purpose hall and fitness center of , two
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pools for
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, two shallow pools, gender-separated mini spa pools and a multi-purpose foyer of in addition to administrative offices, a meeting hall and changing rooms. The complex has a parking lot capable of 400 vehicles in total, including a covered obe for 300 vehicles. It is the biggest sports venue on the
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n part of Istanbul. The complex was closed for use due to leaking water from the pool beds down to the basement as reported in October 2015.


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