The main reason why you should visit the stadium is its location. Hidden in the centre of Istanbul near the famous and bustling Istiklal shopping street. The stadium lies on a hill and from Refik Saydam Street you get a magnificent view of the home ground of Kasımpaşa. You will look over the green pitch with its eye-catching blue and white stands. In the background, you will see apartment blocks and the Golden Horn of Istanbul. A more beautiful picture than this of the stadium you will not find.

The stadium is named after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He grew up in a poor family in Kasımpaşa. Football was his big passion and he dreamt about nothing else, but his father did not allow him to play football because it would not make the family any money. Erdoğan used to sneak out of the house to continue playing and even became a semi-professional footballer at local clubs Camialtispor and IETT.

In an interview in 1994 with the newspaper Milliyet, Erdoğan claimed that he almost signed for Fenerbahçe, the club he used to support growing up. Funnily enough, Fenerbahçe fans are nowadays known for their opposition towards the regime of the president. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why he is now a fan of Istanbul Başakşehir, a football club owned by people who have links to the political party of Erdoğan.