The Athletics Track, which will include a 17-lane tartan running track, a grass athletics track, changing rooms and technical units on an area of 500 square meters, will be one of the moves that will make Erciyes the center of sports for 6 months, bringing Kayseri one step closer to the top in the field of sports.
Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç announced that they will put out a tender on July 18 for the international standard athletics track that they will add to the Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center, which provides professional services in the field of sports. Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “Our aim is to make Erciyes functional and to make an effort to prevent our resources from going abroad.”
Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, under the management of Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç, who has made a great contribution to the breakthrough in sports by the Golden Flag-winning European Sports City Kayseri, continues to increase the facilities and capacity of the Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center, which will make Erciyes, the world-famous favorite of winter sports, a center of sports for 12 months.
In line with the vision of Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç to make Kayseri the center of sports, Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center, which was brought to the city in the unique nature of Erciyes at an altitude of 1850 meters, provides services with 8 football fields, semi-olympic swimming pool, 8 changing units, indoor sports hall and technical units, while the button is being pressed for the construction of an Athletics Track, again with the efforts of Mayor Büyükkılıç.
Making statements regarding the Athletics Track to be brought to Kayseri within the scope of the protocol signed at the Spor Toto Organization Presidency in April 2025, President Büyükkılıç emphasized that their aim is to make Erciyes the center of sports for 12 months and to prevent resources from going abroad.
Erciyes is one of the few centers in the world
Büyükkılıç, noting that Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center has become a favorite of the sports community, said, “In the field of tourism, Kayseri is one of the few centers in the world in terms of Erciyes Ski Center. I would like to thank everyone who contributed, especially our Minister Özhaseki. With the Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center that we have built in the last process, it has become a favorite of the sports community and has become even more consolidated. Right now, there are teams looking for camping.”
Tender for Athletics Track to Bring Erciyes One Step Closer to the Top in Sports on July 18
Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç stated that they will put out a tender on July 17, 500 for the Athletics Track project, which will include a 6-lane tartan running track, grass athletics track, locker room and technical units in an area of 18 square meters to be built at the Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center, and said, “Teams go abroad, millions of Euros are spent and camps are held. We have 2025 football fields, 8 Olympic swimming pool, multi-purpose sports hall and fitness center in our center. Hopefully, we will make the tender on July 1 and bring our Athletics Track to life.”
President Büyükkılıç thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak for his support.
“We are at a good point, 30 teams had a camp last year”
Büyükkılıç, who evaluated the contributions of the nature of Erciyes High Altitude Camp Center to the health of athletes from a physician's perspective, continued his words as follows:
“Our athletes will work more efficiently in the center at an altitude of 1850-2000 meters. We continue our work with the understanding of making Erciyes Mountain functional and spreading it over 12 months together with our summer tourism and Erciyes Ski Center in terms of the physical conditions of our camp center. We are at a good point, I would like to share that 30 teams camped last year. Our aim is to make Erciyes functional and to make an effort to prevent our resources from going abroad.”
Athletics Track at International Standards
The Athletics Track, which will bring the Golden Flag award-winning European Sports City to Kayseri, will have a 17-lane tartan running track, a grass athletics track, a locker room and technical units on an area of 500 square meters.
In the middle of the track, there will be a grass field of 7 square meters, which will be manufactured as natural rolled grass. An irrigation and drainage system will be manufactured in the grass field area. A 957-lane tartan track will be manufactured in the circular curve system, which is one of the athletics tracks approved by the World Athletics Association (IAAF) and complies with international rules, and where the training areas for throwing and jumping branches are located around the grass field.
