Empowering Vulnerable Youth with Improved and Inclusive Sports Infrastructure builds on the project implemented under the European Union Facility for Refugees in Türkiye (FRIT II), which aimed to strengthen young people’s access to inclusive sports infrastructure. The project is coordinated by the General Directorate of International Organizations and Foreign Relations and implemented by the General Directorate of Investments and Enterprises, while the communication and visibility process of the project is carried out by the Department of Social Relations and Communication. Our partner in this project is German Development Bank (KfW).

As part of the initial project, football fields, sports halls, youth centers, a tennis court, and a swimming pool were constructed in 12 provinces, thereby improving young people’s access to safe and inclusive sports infrastructure.

As a continuation of these efforts, the project aims to further strengthen youth and sports infrastructure in earthquake-affected provinces through an additional EUR 22.5 million in financing provided under the Post-FRIT fund. Accordingly, the construction of 8 youth and sports facilities is planned in the provinces of Adana, Adıyaman, Batman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin and Şanlıurfa. The project aims to increase young people’s safe, accessible, and inclusive sports facilities by constructing youth centers, training halls, and sports complexes in areas heavily affected by the earthquakes and with a large population of individuals under temporary protection.