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Turkish municipalities expand summer culture & sports 2026

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Municipalities across Turkey kept broadening free summer programmes through late July and August 2026, adding new ~~sports schools~~ festivals, sport camps and cinema events while sustaining earlier ~~cultural events.~~ activities. Kartepe’s free Summer Sports School continued offering ten disciplines ~~– swimming, volleyball, basketball, karate, folk dances, football, tennis, wrestling, boxing and gymnastics –~~ with municipal equipment and complimentary transport. ~~Kadıköy’s Summer Sports School~~ Kadıköy ran a second‑term sports school for 7‑12‑year‑olds ~~ran its second term (20 July‑7 August)~~ and scheduled a third term (10‑28 August) at Kalamış, Özgürlük Park and Koşuyolu, providing basketball, football, volleyball, tennis, swimming, table tennis, chess and Zumba Kids via a municipal app. Open‑air cinema evenings expanded beyond earlier sites. In Gebze, the “Mahallemde Sinema Var” programme screened family‑friendly titles such as *Rafadan Tayfa Kapadokya* in ~~neighbourhood parks, while Kocaeli’s~~ August. Gebze’s "Mahallemde Sinema Var" and Kocaeli Büyükşehir ~~Belediyesi kept its “Gece Sineması”~~ Belediyesi’s "Gece Sineması" series ~~at Ormanya with films like *Ördeklerin Göçü*.~~ persisted, while Turkish ~~Telecom~~ Telekom Prime staged a ~~parallel festival~~ multi‑city open‑air cinema tour in Samsun, Rize, Trabzon and Bozcaada (30 July‑8 August), showing *Mukadderat*, Disney’s *Zootropolis 2* Bozcaada. New additions included Yerköy’s week‑long Children and ~~offering contests~~ Neighborhood Festival with workshops, mini‑discos and ~~5G‑experience zones. Çankaya Belediyesi added classic Turkish~~ concerts; Sarıkamış distributing sports uniforms to about 1,000 youths after basketball, volleyball, football, gymnastics and athletics training; and Konya’s one‑day game camp that gathered 55,000 children from city youth clubs. Bursa’s health experts issued safety guidance for summer exercise. Open‑air cinema expanded to Çiğli (screening *Vizontele*), Bayraklı (multiple family titles and ~~animated favourites in three district locations.~~ a children’s festival), Karabük’s "Masal Akşamı" storytelling event, Gaziosmanpaşa’s inter‑generational reading programme, and Ankara’s Kültür Yaz Sahnesi pairing free concerts with films such as *Nadide Hayat* and *Hayali Arkadaş IF*. Kocaeli’s city‑wide schedule attracted over two million visitors to parks and cultural venues, underscoring the municipalities’ aim to turn cities into accessible sports and cultural hubs. All efforts aim to enrich summer evenings, promote community engagement, and ~~turn cities into accessible sports and cultural hubs.~~ provide free, inclusive recreation for families across Turkey.

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