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Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi
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Alternate: Basketball Development Center

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Established
2024 (2 years old)

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10,000

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Turkey

Location
Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, Turkey

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UTC +03:00 Turkey Time (TRT)

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Basketball Development Center (Turkish: Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi) is a sport complex for basketball in Istanbul, Turkey opened in 2024. It is owned by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF), and is home to men's and women's national teams in all age groups. Additionally, two local professional basketball team play their home matches in the complex.

History
The Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi (BGM) was built on the place of the multi-sport venue Abdi İpekçi Arena in 10. Yıl Cad., Kazlıçeşme at Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey. The 1989-opened Abdi İpekçi Arena, which was worn out, ccould not meet expactations and was at risk of earthquake resistance, was closed in 2017, and demolished in 2018. The project for the BGM was completed in October 2021, and the tender for the construction was held end 2021. For the building signed the TOKİ (Mass Housing Administration) by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change. The groundbreaking took place in 2022, and the construction completed in 2024.

The Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) moved its headquarters with all its offices from Sinan Erdem Dome, where it had been using from January 2022 on, to the BGM on 9 September 2024.

Mid September 2024 before the official opening of the BGM on 29 September, a weekend tournament was held, at which 48 teams of around 800 boys and girls in the U10 and U11 categories played six matches simultaneously.
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