Bağcılar Olympic Sport Hall Bağcılar Olympic Sport Hall Bağcılar Olympic Sport Hall () is a multi-purpose indoor sports complex with Olympic standards located in Bağcılar district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its construction began in 1998 and the sport hall was inaugurated on March 20, 2001 in presence of the Belgian action films actor and former martial arts sportsman Jean-Claude Van Damme. The sports complex is owned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul. The main hall of the building is suitable for sports events such as basketball, volleyball, badminton, wrestling, handball, tennis, gymnastics, weightlifting, boxing, martial arts, fencing, table tennis and indoor soccer. It offers a
Pontic Greek Greeks or as Caucasus Greeks. Pontic Greek is classified as an Indo-European, Greek language of the Attic-Ionic branch. Historically the speakers of Pontic Greek called it "Romeyka" (or "Romeika", ), which, in a more general sense, is also a historical and colloquial term for Modern Greek as a whole. The term "Pontic" originated in scholarly usage, but it has been adopted as a mark of identity by Pontic Greeks living in Greece. Similarly, in Turkish, the language is called "Rumca" (pronounced ), derived from the Turkish word "Rum", denoting ethnic Greeks living in Turkey in general; the term also includes