Kahramanmaraş's New Stadium Receives Full Marks from Turkish Football Legends

Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Fırat Görgel inspected the 17,500-spectator capacity new stadium constructed in Dulkadiroğlu İstasyon Neighborhood together with legendary Turkish football figures Mehmet Özdilek, Tanju Çolak, İbrahim Yattara, and TRT Sports Broadcaster Erdoğan Arıkan.

Football legends and sports media representatives, who came to the city to attend the Amateur Sports Season Opening and Sports City Kahramanmaraş Meeting organized by the Metropolitan Municipality, visited the newly constructed stadium. Receiving information from Provincial Director of Youth and Sports Yasin Özdemir about the construction process and current status of the facility, the delegation evaluated the stadium from both a player and sports broadcasting perspective.

Making evaluations after the inspections, Mayor Fırat Görgel stated that Erdoğan Arıkan commented on the facility from a broadcaster's perspective, while the football legends commented from a player's perspective. Visiting the stadium for the first time, Tanju Çolak stated that a great transformation has taken place in Kahramanmaraş and a very nice stadium has been built, whereas Mehmet Özdilek emphasized that his ties with the city where his professional football career began have continued since 1984 and noted his wish to see Kahramanmaraş teams in the Süper Lig. TRT Sports Broadcaster Erdoğan Arıkan drew attention to the importance of focusing on sports in the post-earthquake period, while İbrahim Yattara expressed his desire for the teams to compete in the Süper Lig in the city he visited for the first time and stated that he would like to become the head coach of these teams.