Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium () was a sports center in

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

, located at

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coast of

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. It is the former home of

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

. The stadium was named after former popular governor of

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, Tevfik Sırrı Gür, who served between 1931-1947.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 28 June 1958. In the opening game,

drawn 3-3 with

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

.Club History
22 August 2009. In the first top level league match played in the stadium

lost to

by 1–2 on 10 September 1967, Sunday.See game report o
maçkolik website
Retrieved on 6 August 2015. .

TFF Information

Information on

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Turkish Foo ...

(TFF) page is as below:Turkish Football Federation
22 Aug 2009. ;General information *City:

*Capacity: 10,128 *Information: ;Pitch *Pitch size: 68 x 105 *Surface type: Grass *Lighting: Available ;Stands *Seats : *Handicapped stand: Not available *Closed circuit camera system: Available

Last match

The last match played in the stadium was between Mersin İdmanyurdy SK and

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turk ...

on 10 March 2014.

References

External links

Turkish Football FederationWorld Stadiums
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tevfik Sirri Gur Stadium Football venues in Turkey Mersin Talim Yurdu Sports venues completed in 1958 Sports venues in Mersin 2013 Mediterranean Games venues