Veliefendi Race Course
Veliefendi Race Course is a horse racing track located at Veliefendi neighborhood in Bakırköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the country's oldest and biggest race course founded on a former grassland that was historically a farm belonging to Şeyhülislam Veliyyüddin Efendi, an 18th-century superior authority of Islam in the Ottoman Empire.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yenimahalle railway station and Zeytinburnu railway station.
Yenimahalle railway station
Railway station
Yenimahalle railway station is a railway station in Bakırköy, Istanbul. Yenimahalle railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Veliefendi Race Course.
Zeytinburnu railway station
Railway station
Zeytinburnu station is an under construction station in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul. Zeytinburnu railway station is situated 1½ km east of Veliefendi Race Course.
Bakırköy railway station
Railway station
Bakırköy railway station is the main railway station in Bakırköy, Istanbul. Bakırköy railway station is situated 1½ km southwest of Veliefendi Race Course.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zeytinburnu and Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman.
Zeytinburnu
Town
Zeytinburnu is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman
Suburb
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman is a suburb.
Ataköy
Quarter
Ataköy is a quarter of Bakırköy district in Istanbul Province, Turkey. Ataköy is situated 2½ km west of Veliefendi Race Course.
Veliefendi Race Course
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- Description: horse racing track in Istanbul, Turkey
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Latitude
40.98678° or 40° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
28.88891° or 28° 53′ 20″ east
Open location code
8GGCXVPQ+PH
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centre
OpenStreetMap feature
sport=horse_racing
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Veliefendi Race Course” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “hipòdrom de Veliefendi”
- Czech: “Hipodrom Veliefendi”
- French: “Hippodrome Veliefendi”
- German: “Veliefendi Hipodromu”
- Italian: “Ippodromo di Veliefendi”
- Japanese: “ヴェリエフェンディ競馬場”
- Spanish: “Hipodromo de Veliefendi”
- Spanish: “Hipódromo de Veliefendi”
- Turkish: “Veliefendi hipodromu”
- Turkish: “Veliefendi Hipodromu”
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