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Turkey expands free summer youth programmes

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2026-07-27 14:14 UTC → 2026-07-28 10:43 UTC · added removed

Municipalities across Turkey have continued widening to broaden free summer programmes offerings for children, adolescents and families. Earlier in July, cultural activities such as Antalya’s mixed‑gender football academy, Muratpaşa’s water‑gymnastics and music sessions, Aydın’s guitar courses, Ankara’s youth orchestra, and rural festivals in Dikili and Mersin brought arts, folk‑dance, drama and traditional games to hundreds of youngsters. Nature outings in Ankara’s Atatürk Children’s Natural Life Park and Izmir’s inter‑generational trips, as well as Istanbul’s outdoor play “Çöp ve Hazine” Building on recycling, complemented these efforts. A earlier cultural, sporting and scientific dimension was activities, late‑July initiatives added with Afyonkarahisar’s four‑day sky‑observation event for the Perseids. The second half of July saw a strong expansion of sport and wellness initiatives. Ankara’s Keçiören district enrolled about 5,500 youths (7‑17) skills‑training component. Mersin’s EU‑funded SEECO project operated a Social Entrepreneurship Centre with workshops in 24 sports under Yaz Spor Okulları, IT, fashion‑tech, beauty, gastronomy and barista skills for women and youth, while İzmir’s Karşıyaka its municipal centres also ran free exam‑preparation courses covering science, maths, languages, chess and table‑tennis. In Balıkesir, an Environmental Science Academy delivered a six‑week orientation for 40 participants five‑week programme of hands‑on water‑cycle experiments and Çankaya collaborated with Gençlerbirliği climate‑change lessons for children aged 5‑14. Canik’s Discovery Campus offered a free football school for over 100 children. Kocaeli’s Sabri Baran Navşar sports summer school focused on artificial‑intelligence, cybersecurity, coding, robotics, astronomy and sustainable living, and Şahinbey’s Mimar Sinan Youth Centre provided women’s hand‑craft courses that helped participants generate income. Parallel cultural and sport programmes persisted nationwide. Gebze hosted roughly 370 students, Diyarbakır offered a science‑show concert at Eskişihar Castle, Karşıyaka promoted swimming courses at its half‑Olympic pool, and Antalya’s Muratpaşa district gave free tennis lessons to 540 learners, and Bursa’s Yıldırım district linked a football‑table‑tennis tournament with Quran classes. Nevşehir’s governor visited another football school serving more than 100 youths. Additional programmes targeted broader groups: 7‑14‑year‑olds. Konya opened registration for continued its 17th online women‑only sport‑education course for women, expecting around 3 000 participants; Buca moved free pilates and zumba classes to its arena; Karabük staged a fairy‑tale evening for children; Gaziantep reported over 65 000 children enrolled in 100+ programme serving about 3,000 participants, while Gaziantep’s summer schools attracted 65,000 youths across more than 100 sport and skill courses; branches. Smaller towns such as Karabük, Buca and Karşıyaka launched daily free morning activities—yoga, pilates Kütahya organised fairy‑tale evenings, pilates, zumba and HIIT—at four open‑air sites. These religious‑cultural festivals. Together, these coordinated actions illustrate underscore Turkey’s sustained, nationwide commitment to accessible cultural, sporting and sporting, scientific and vocational activities for youth throughout the summer.

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