Politics · Turkey · 11 hrs ago
Bağcılar opens youth and sports facilities in Istanbul
Turkey’s Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak joined the opening of new facilities in Bağcılar, a district of Istanbul.
The projects include a youth centre, a swimming pool, a library, a fitness centre, 18 mini sports pitches and 15 modular pitches in schoolyards.
Bak said 2.5 billion lira had been invested in projects in Bağcılar and that investment would continue.
The facilities are intended to expand young people’s access to sports, while Bak said the ministry also wants to keep young people away from addiction, including digital addiction.
Bağcılar Mayor Yasin Yıldız said the district has eight municipal swimming pools and one run by the ministry, with three more pools being built.
He said students use the pools during physical education lessons and that his goal is for every child to finish primary school able to swim.
Yıldız said other projects are due to open in two to three months.
Bağcılar Municipality held a ceremony in Istanbul to open a group of youth and sports projects.
The projects include a youth center, a swimming pool, a library, a fitness center and 18 mini pitches.
The municipality also created 15 modular pitches in schoolyards.
Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak said 2.5 billion lira had been invested in projects in Bağcılar.
Mayor Yasin Yıldız said additional projects were under construction and would be made available to residents in two to three months.
- Who
- Bağcılar Municipality, with Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak and local officials attending the ceremony.
- What
- A group of youth and sports facilities and pitches was opened.
- When
- 2026-11-13. The article gives this publication date but does not state the ceremony’s date.
- Where
- Bağcılar, Istanbul, at the Göztepe Sports Complex.
- Why
- The projects aim to provide facilities for young people and encourage sports participation.
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Bağcılar Municipality carried out projects including a youth center, swimming pool, library, fitness center and sports pitches.
Officials cut a ribbon with athletes to mark the projects’ opening.
Mayor Yasin Yıldız said projects still under construction would be completed and opened for public use.
- Investment
- 2.5 billion lira in projects in Bağcılar, according to Osman Aşkın Bak
- Sports pitches
- 18 mini pitches
- Schoolyards
- 15 modular pitches
- Swimming pools
- Bağcılar has 8 municipal pools and 1 ministry pool; 3 more pools are under construction
- Sports complex
- Göztepe Sports Complex, Bağcılar
What people are saying
We want to increase young people’s habit of doing sports.
We want to keep our young people away from all kinds of addiction, especially digital addiction.
No child who finishes primary school in Bağcılar will graduate without knowing how to swim.
We have 18 mini pitches and have built 15 modular artificial-turf pitches in schoolyards.