Başkent Volleyball Hall

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| name = Başkent Volleyball Hall

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| image = Başkent Voleybol Salonu 3.JPG

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| fullname = Başkent Voleybol Salonu

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| location = Beşevler, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.93590|N|32.82054|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| broke_ground = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|04|08}}

| built = 2009–2010

| opened = {{Start date|df=yes|2010|02|06}}

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| owner = Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF)

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| surface = Wood flooring

| scoreboard = yes

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| capacity = 7,600

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| record_attendance = {{formatnum:8000}} (Turkey-Poland, 6 May 2012)

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| tenants = {{ubl |İller Bankası (TWVL) |TED Ankara Kolejliler (TWVL) }}

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Başkent Volleyball Hall, ({{langx|tr|Başkent Voleybol Salonu}}) is an indoor volleyball venue within the TVF Sports Complex located at Beşevler neighborhood of Yenimahalle district in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2010, the venue has a seating capacity of 7,600 spectators.

Construction

The sports complex was commissioned by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and its construction began on 8 April 2009 with groundbreaking. The hall was opened on 6 February 2010 and named after "capital city" ({{langx|tr|Başkent}}).

In addition to the Başkent Volleyball Hall, there are one training hall with 850-seat capacity, named Beşevler Volleyball Hall, two indoor beach volleyball courts with underfloor heating, various service facilities for sports and administration as well as a hall of fame.

Usage

As of July 2016 the facility has been exposed by Amnesty International as a government detention centre and torture facility for almost 10,000 soldiers involved in the failed coup d'état that was attempted by an as yet undisclosed secular anti-ISIS movement.{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/turkey-coup-soldiers-beaten-raped-starved/news-story/631a2c007a9f0ecec2e749b4a24ca75d |publisher=News.com.au |title=Turkey coup: Soldiers 'beaten, raped, starved' |date=2016-07-25 |access-date=2017-07-26 }} where soldiers are being raped, beaten, and deprived of food and water with an as yet unknown death toll.

International events hosted

;2010

2010 Women's European Volleyball League Final Four – 24–25 July 2010

;2011

2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification
2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship – 12–21 August 2011

;2012

2012 Men's European Volleyball League-Final Four 30 June-1 July 2012
2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship – 18–26 August 2012
2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification Second round-Pool A-Tournament 2 matches – 14–16 September 2012

;2013

2013 FIVB World Grand Prix-Pool C 2–4 August 2013
2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship-Pool A, B and Final Round 22 August-1 September 2013

;2014

2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification (CEV)- Third round Pool 1 3–5 January 2014
2013–14 CEV Champions League-Final four 22–23 March 2014
2014 FIVB World Grand Prix-Pool A and E 1–3 August and 8–10 August 2014

;2015

2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – Pool C 3–5 July 2015
2015 Women's European Volleyball League – Leg 2 7–9 August 2015
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship 12–19 August 2015

;2016

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification 4–9 January
2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – Pool G1 24–26 June

;2017

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League – Pool C2 2–4 June
2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – Pool A1 7–9 July

References

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{{Cite web |url=http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?mID=23816&ID=555&CID=5102&PID=1141&type=LegList |title=CEV web site match details |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715011553/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?mID=23816&ID=555&CID=5102&PID=1141&type=LegList |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.ajansspor.com/voleybol/genel/h/20100119/tvf_kampusunun_spor_kompleksi_aciliyor.html |newspaper=Ajans Spor |title=TVF kampüsünün spor kompleksi açılıyor |date=2010-01-19 |language=tr |access-date=2011-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007171838/http://www.ajansspor.com/voleybol/genel/h/20100119/tvf_kampusunun_spor_kompleksi_aciliyor.html |archive-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/Youth/Women/2011/cities.asp |publisher=FIVB |title=Cities/Venues-Başkent Volleyball Hall |access-date=2011-08-21 }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/voleybol/29787876.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Genç Sultanlar sahnede |date=2015-08-12 |language=tr |access-date=2015-08-12 }}

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