Veliefendi Race Course
Interactive map of Veliefendi Race Course Veliefendi Hipodromu | |
| Location | Veliefendi, Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey
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| Owned by | Jockey Club of Turkey (TJK) |
| Date opened | 1913 |
| Screened on | TJK TV |
| Course type | Flat/Thoroughbred |
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Veliefendi Race Course (Turkish: Veliefendi Hipodromu) 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. The race course was constructed in the years 1912/13 by German specialists upon the initiative of Enver Pasha.
The race course hosts also music events. In 2006, Turkish pop singer Nez held a concert.