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Sports, Social and Cultural Facilities

Culture and Sports

While Dokuz Eylül University aims to bring a creative, entrepreneurial and versatile thinking higher education youth to our country and the world with its understanding of quality education, it has structured the Culture and Sports Branch Directorate of the Department of Health, Culture and Sports for their participation in social, cultural, artistic and sports activities.

The unit aims to support the social, cultural and sportive development of students by planning activities within the framework of their fields.

Folk Dance Festival, Interuniversity Dance Festival, International Capoeira Festival are organized by the student communities. Our student organizations host major events throughout the year. The Rectorate and university units also organize many cultural and artistic events, conferences and seminars throughout the year.

There are 5 indoor sports halls, 1 football field, 2 outdoor tennis courts, 3 indoor dance halls and 3 fitness centers within the university campuses. In addition to being used within the scope of the course programs, the sports facilities can be used by students and members of the university outside the course programs and during lunch breaks.

Next to the Tınaztepe Campus Sports Hall, the "Football Field with Synthetic Athletics Track", built on an area of 22,737 m², serves.

Within the scope of sports activities, the Rectorate Cup is organized every year in basketball, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis and chess branches. In order for the students of our university to participate in sports competitions organized outside our university, the necessary licensing procedures are carried out by the Department of Health, Culture and Sports.

Amphitheater

The Amphitheater, which serves under the Department of Health, Culture and Sports, is located in Tınaztepe Campus. Built on an area of 22,000 m², with a building and facility area of 5,000 m², a capacity of 5,050 spectators, a parking area with a capacity of 257 vehicles, 4 backstages and bathrooms, each with an area of 39 m², it hosts various concerts and spring festivals, especially the graduation ceremonies of our University.

Student Training and Recreation Facilities

Seferihisar Student Education and Recreation Facilities provide daily and accommodation services in Seferihisar Doğanbey Payamlı in order to ensure that rest, entertainment and learning activities take place together.

The facility has a capacity of 133 beds in 65 double and 3 single disabled rooms. Bathroom-toilet, shower, air conditioning, 24 hot water facilities are standard in the rooms and breakfast and dinner services are provided. The facility has a conference hall for 200 people, internet cafe, TV lounge, cafeteria, disco, amphitheater, beach and beach bar.

Inciraltı Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool

İnciraltı Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool, which serves within the Department of Health, Culture and Sports of our university, has 5 lanes; 25 m. length, 12.5 m. width and 2 m. depth. Students of our university can benefit from our swimming pool during the specified hours by fulfilling the necessary conditions and registering.

Tınaztepe Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool

Tınaztepe Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool, which serves within the Health, Culture and Sports Department of our university, has 6 lanes; 25 m. length, 12.5 m. width and 2.25 m. depth. Students of our university can benefit from our swimming pool during the specified hours by fulfilling the necessary conditions and registering.

Seferihisar Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool

Seferihisar Semi-Olympic Swimming Pool, which serves within the Health, Culture and Sports Department of our university, has 6 lanes; It has 25 m. length, 12.5 m. width and 2 m. depth. Students of our university can benefit from our swimming pool during the specified hours by fulfilling the necessary conditions and registering.

Sinan Şamil Sam Fitness Center

Opened in 2024, our gym, named after the Turkish National Athlete Sinan Şamil Sam, the World Intercontinental Heavyweight Boxing Champion, provides quality service to all our students with fully equipped fitness equipment and sports experts accompanied by our staff.

Sabancı Cultural Center

Sabancı Cultural Center was built on a land allocated by the university with the contributions of the Sabancı Foundation and the cooperation of the Governorship of Izmir and the Rectorate of Dokuz Eylül University. Sabancı Cultural Center was constructed as a single block with two main sections in a 5000 m² closed area and currently serves under the Department of Health, Culture and Sports.

The first section is the Hasan Tahsin Hall, which seats 548 people. With its stage where the most advanced techniques are applied and its large foyer, it can accommodate all kinds of cultural and artistic performances such as theater, opera, ballet, concerts and exhibitions. It has a retractable orchestra pit, 250 m² stage area and 12x16 m² stage dimensions. With a freight elevator connected to the stage and a 6x8 m² cinevision screen, it has all the facilities for presentations ranging from musicals to shows with giant casts.

The second section is the Captain Şerafettin Hall, which seats 138 people. This hall has a 75 m² stage area, acoustic architecture and impressive lighting equipment.

For the ballet department of the Conservatory, there are special classrooms, study rooms, 4 ballet studios, administration and lecturer rooms. There is a board in each studio.

Sabancı Culture Palace provides conservatory students with the best and most modern conditions for their education. The third and fourth floor foyers, in addition to the entrance foyer, are used for exhibitions. It is also equipped to host all cultural and artistic events held in Izmir, plays of famous theater groups, various panels, concerts and special events.

Museum of Flagology and Turkish Flags

Dokuz Eylul University Museum of Flagology and Turkish Flags, Turkey's first and only national flag museum, was opened on September 9, 2020, the liberation day of Izmir.

The flags and symbols of Turkish states and world civilizations, including rare pieces from the collection of donor Mr. Halûk PERK, are exhibited in four separate halls in the museum, which started to serve in the historical Eylül Köşk located in Dokuzçeşmeler Campus of our university.

Within the museum, there is also an archive section to record and preserve the past and a children's workshop that will allow children to spend time in the museum. Our museum is open to the public free of charge and can be visited with a guide by making an appointment for group trips.