Location | Veliefendi, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Owned by | Jockey Club of Turkey (TJK) |
Date opened | 1913 |
Screened on | TJK TV[1] |
Course type | Flat/Thoroughbred |
Notable races |
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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 Veliyyüddin 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]