BURSA (IGFA) – The Metropolitan Municipality, which continues to support amateur and professional teams to make Bursa a leading city in sports, also provided a modern facility to İnegölspor. The sports facility, which consists of 3 blocks and is built on an area of approximately 38 decares, will serve athletes with many facilities. The facility, which adds value to İnegöl with its 2 natural grass football fields, a tribune for 600 people, locker rooms, athlete accommodation rooms, administrative buildings, cafeteria, swimming pool, Turkish bath, car park and many service units, will also enable the training of many successful athletes in the district.
The opening ceremony, which started with the folk dance performance of the İnegöl Municipality Folk Dance Group, was attended by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Alinur Aktaş, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Bursa Governor Mahmut Demirtaş, Bursa Deputy Mustafa Varank and Ayhan Salman, AK Party Provincial Chairman Davut Gürkan. , İnegöl Mayor Alper Taban, Ministry of Youth and Sports Investment Enterprises General Manager Prof. Dr. Süleyman Şahin, İnegölspor President Osman Sevim, political party representatives and club athletes attended.
“WE WILL OPEN OUR ATATURK GYM”
Speaking at the ceremony, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Alinur Aktaş thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Osman Aşkın Bak, for his unwavering support for the prepared projects. Stating that the number of archery clubs in Bursa, which was three when he took office, increased to 39, Mayor Aktaş said that Bursa now has private archery halls and taekwondo halls, and that Hatice Kübra İlgün was the first in the history of Bursa to rank in the Olympics. Stating that municipalities touch many points of the city by building infrastructure, roads, social and cultural facilities, Mayor Aktaş said, “Especially since we have a young population, sports investments are very valuable and valuable for the healthy development of our children. We provide dozens of artificial turf fields, gyms and swimming pools. We will open our Atatürk Sports Hall, which we started with its old name and where we will keep the name 'Atatürk' alive, with swimming pools and outbuildings, with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The hall was 55 years old and rotten. "We have started that project as well," he said.
“It will raise good athletes for Turkish sports”
Reminding that he served İnegöl for 13 and a half years, Mayor Aktaş said that İnegölspor is a brand of this city and has been training important athletes for top clubs for 40 years. Explaining that the remaining places of İnegölspor in the city center will be transformed in cooperation with Bursa Metropolitan Municipality and İnegöl Municipality, Mayor Aktaş said, “This facility was built by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. It cost 79 million TL at that time. We never stopped our support for the club. These contributions will continue increasingly with the support of both İnegöl Municipality and businessmen. I hope İnegölspor will come to good places. It is a great pleasure for me to provide this support and to play a role in the construction of this facility, which will achieve important successes in the future and train good athletes for Turkish sports. "I wish success to our club, good luck to our facility," he said.
“Türkiye IS EXPERIENCED A SPORTS REVOLUTION”
Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak stated that the opened facility will seal the future of İnegölspor. Minister Bak stated that he had known İnegölspor for a long time, and that he came to İnegöl and met with Hikmet Şahin in 1996, while he was the general secretary of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, to transfer a football player, and stated that Hikmet Şahin also made great contributions to İnegöl in terms of sports. . Stating that İnegölspor is a team that trains important players and has a strong infrastructure, Bak said, “It is a very important club that has served Turkish sports. Good luck to İnegölspor. We see that such a facility is important. President Alinur has also fulfilled his duty of loyalty to this place. The relations between local governments and sports clubs are very important. One of the first things our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did during his term as Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor was to build sports fields for amateur sports clubs, distribute materials and improve their facilities. He continues this and Türkiye has been experiencing a sports revolution for 22 years. There are 36 stadiums built to UEFA standards all over Turkey. There are those who continue. There are hundreds of indoor sports halls and nearly 700 Olympic or semi-Olympic swimming pools. There is a big revolution in sports. We see the results of this with the successes in the Olympics. Most recently, our national Greco-Roman wrestling team became the European Champion. After 31 years, our freestyle wrestling team became the European Champion. Our women's national team came second in Europe. Our athletes won many medals in weightlifting and taekwondo. We, as Turkey, will host the 2032 European Football Championship together with Italy. "That's why there are many investments in sports in Bursa and other cities," he said.
“BURSA IS RAPIDLY PROGRESSING TOWARDS BECOMING A SPORTS CITY”
Stating that they have joint studies with Bursa Metropolitan Municipality and that they continue to work to bring a new stadium to İnegöl, Bak said, “We attach great importance to swimming sports. As part of the 'No one who can swim' project, we have taught swimming to nearly 10 million children so far. In the talent screening we conducted with our third-grade primary school children, we directed three and a half million children to various sports branches. We are at the service of our youth with nearly 400 youth centres, sports facilities and youth camps. We also provide loans and scholarships to one and a half million young people. Shout out to the families. Be sure to involve your children in sports. Bring our children to sports facilities to keep them away from bad habits. We are also actively preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics. We will accelerate our efforts to meet the dormitory demand in İnegöl. Bursa is rapidly progressing towards becoming a sports city with the facilities we have built all over Bursa. May this facility be beneficial to İnegölspor. “We wish you success,” he said.
Bursa Deputy Mustafa Varank said that they have been working to serve the nation for 22 years with the motto 'A person's performance is a deed, words are irrelevant'. Explaining that they have implemented beautiful works and projects one by one, Varank said, “I would like to thank the Minister of Youth and Sports, Osman Aşkın Bak, for never giving up his support. 'Well done for Bursa. "I will do my best," he said. We are people who love to serve Turkey. Everyone knows our President's relations with sports and athletes. We continue to see the reflections of the value he gave to sports and athletes. Our athletes achieve great success in the Olympics and world championships. In the coming period, we will bring sports facilities and investments to the cities that will serve our youth. I would like to thank Bursa Metropolitan Municipality for bringing the facilities to İnegöl. “Good luck,” he said.
Bursa Governor Mahmut Demirtaş said that Bursa is one of the cities where the change in Turkey in the last 22 years has been felt the most. Explaining that there are serious investments in Bursa in the field of youth and sports services, Demirtaş wished the facilities brought to İnegöl by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, where young people will meet with sports, to be beneficial and auspicious.
İnegöl Mayor Alper Taban stated that they are very happy that İnegölspor, the sports brand of the district, has its new facilities. Taban thanked Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Alinur Aktaş and the Ministry of Youth and Sports for their support and said that İnegöl will create forward-looking good brands in sports with its young population. Taban stated that they started the construction of sports halls in the Akhisar region, especially football fields, and thanked them for the support given regarding the construction of İnegöl Stadium. Stating that he believes that İnegölspor will achieve new successes with the facilities and new stadium, Taban wished İnegölspor success in its fight.
İnegölspor President Osman Sevim thanked Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Alinur Aktaş for providing the club, which was founded 40 years ago, with a rare facility in Turkey. Stating that the acquired facility is of great value for the survival of sports in İnegöl, Sevim stated that they expect support from the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
After the speeches, İnegölspor jerseys were presented to Minister Osman Aşkın Bak and President Alinur Aktaş by İnegölspor President Osman Sevim. Then Minister Osman President, President Alinur Aktaş and their entourage, after cutting the opening ribbon, toured the facility and met with the athletes. sohbet He.
