Capacity 5,000 | Opened 6 August 2012 | |
Full name Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Spor Salonu Location Yahya Kaptan Mah. Kızılay Sok. 7, İzmit, Turkey Similar İzmit Clock Tower, Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall, Mount Judi, Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall, İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium | ||
Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Sports Hall (Turkish: Şehit Polis Recep Topaloğlu Spor Salonu) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Izmit of Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
The venue is used for competitions and trainings of a wide variety of sports branches including basketball, volleyball, handball, fencing, table tennis, wrestling, judo, karate, kick boxing and taekwondo. Opened officially on August 6, 2012, it has a seating capacity of 5,000.
The sports hall is named in honor of Recep Topaloğlu, a swimming instructor as well as amateur footballer from İzmit, and member of the Police Special Operation Force, who was killed in action during a clash with Kurdish militants on Mount Judi in Şırnak Province, southeastern Anatolia on March 21, 2012.