Başkent Volleyball Hall
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| Full name | Başkent Voleybol Salonu |
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| Location | Beşevler, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°56′09″N 32°49′14″E / 39.93590°N 32.82054°ECoordinates: 39°56′09″N 32°49′14″E / 39.93590°N 32.82054°E |
| Owner | Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) |
| Capacity | 7,600 |
| Record attendance | 8,000 (Turkey-Poland, 6 May 2012) |
| Surface | Wood flooring |
| Scoreboard | yes |
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| Broke ground | 8 April 2009 |
| Built | 2009-2010 |
| Opened | 6 February 2010 |
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Başkent Volleyball Hall, (Turkish: 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.
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" (Turkish: 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.
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'etat that was attempted by an as yet undisclosed secular anti-ISIS movement. where soldiers are being raped, beaten, and deprived of food and water with an as yet unknown death toll.
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