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Veliefendi Race Course
Veliefendi Hipodromu
LocationVeliefendi, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Veliefendi Race Course is located in Istanbul
Veliefendi Race Course
Owned byJockey Club of Turkey (TJK)
Date opened1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Screened onTJK TV[1]
Course typeFlat/Thoroughbred
Notable races
  • Gazi Race (since 1927)
  • Prime Minister's Race (since 1951)

Veliefendi Race Course (Turkish: Veliefendi Hipodromu) is a horse racing track located at Veliefendi neighborhood in Bakırköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.[2]

It is the country's oldest and biggest race course founded on a former grassland that was historically a farm belonging to Şeyhülislam Veliyüddin Efendi, an 18th-century superior authority of Islam in the Ottoman Empire.[3] The race course was constructed in the years 1912/13 by German specialists upon the initiative of Enver Pasha.[4][5]

The race course hosts also music events. In 2006, Turkish pop singer Nez held a concert.[6]

  1. ^ "TJK TV Live". Archived from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  2. ^ "BizeUlasin". www.tjk.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ^ "Veliefendi hipodromu" (in Turkish). WOW Turkey. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. ^ Klaus Kreiser: Kleines Türkei-Lexikon. München 1992, s.v. Veliefendi hipodromu (in German)
  5. ^ Baki, Gülizar (2011-04-22). "Ünlü şehülislamın arazisinde at yarışı". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  6. ^ "Nez, Veliefendi Hipodromu'nda konser veriyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
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