Bafra Shooting Range, also known as Şehit Mustafa Serin Shooting Range, ( tr, Bafra Atış Poligonu or ''Şehit Mustafa Serin Atış Poligonu'') is an indoor

shooting range A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by militar ...

located in

Bafra Bafra is a district of Samsun Province of Turkey. It is a settlement located from the Black Sea, in the fertile delta of the Kızılırmak River. The Bafra Plain is famous in Turkey for its rich soil and high quality tobacco growing conditions. ...

district of

Samsun Province Samsun Province ( tr, Samsun ili) is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 (2010). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast on the east ...

, northern Turkey. It was built for the

2017 Summer Deaflympics ) , nations = 86 , athletes = 2,873 , events = 219 in 18 sports , stadium = Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium , opened_by = Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , torch_lighter = Ertuğrul Bursa , opening = July 18, 2017 , closin ...

. The tender for the construction of the building was announced on November 16, 2016. Built by the local agency of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, it is situated in Fatih Mah., Sedde Yolu 2. Sok. in Bafra. The venue is a two-story building with a and a firing range at each floor. It was opened in June 2017, and named in honor of Mustafa Serin, an officer of the

Police Special Operation Department The Police Special Operations Department ( tr, Polis Özel Harekât Dairesi) or Police Special ActionJoost Jongerden, ''The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War'', Brill, 2007p. 70./ref> ( ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

, who was killed in the line of duty, ( tr, Şehit for martyr) during the

2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They attempted to seize contr ...

. The shooting venue has a seating capacity for 500 spectators.

International events hosted

The venue will host shooting events of the

References

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