Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

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Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium was a historic multi-purpose sports venue in Ankara, Turkey, best known as a longtime home ground for major Turkish football clubs and national team matches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf multi-purpose stadium
sports venue
stadium
architect Paolo Vietti-Violi
architecturalStyle modernist architecture
rationalist architecture
associatedWith Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day celebrations in Ankara
capacity approximately 19,000
country Turkey
demolished 2018
demolitionReason replacement by modern stadium
structural obsolescence
formerName 19 Mayıs Stadyumu
hasFacility athletics track
football pitch
spectator stands
hasSurface grass
heritageStatus historic sports venue
homeVenueOf MKE Ankaragücü
surface form: Ankaragücü

Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Hacettepe S.K.
inception 1936
locatedIn Altındağ
surface form: Altındağ, Ankara

Ankara
Ankara Province
locationCountry Turkey
namedAfter 19 May 1919
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
namedForDate 19 May
opened 1936
operator General Directorate of Sports (Turkey)
surface form: Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı
owner Government of Turkey
partOf Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ankara 19 Mayıs sports complex
primaryUse football
replacedBy Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
significance major football venue in Ankara
traditional venue for national day ceremonies in Ankara
significantEvent Ankara derby matches
Turkey national football team home matches
Turkish Cup matches
usedBy Turkey national football team
usedFor athletics
concerts
national celebrations

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Gençlerbirliği S.K. previousStadium Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Eryaman Stadium replaced Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium replacedBy Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium partOf Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ankara 19 Mayıs sports complex
GB previousStadium Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
subject surface form: Gençlerbirliği S.K.