Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool, () is an indoor aquatics venue located in Bostancı neighborhood of Trabzon, Turkey. The Olympic-size swimming pool was constructed between 2009-2011 at a cost of 16 million (approx. $ 10 million) to host the swimming events at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. The pool with length and width has ten lanes. There is a diving tower at the pool. It can hold 1,400 spectators. The building has a 140 tonns heavy retractable roof with two wings, which can be opened up in 10 minutes. The aquatics
Swimming pool 1500 lux. There are also regulations for color of lane rope, positioning of backstroke flags (5 metres from each wall), and so on. Pools claimed to be "Olympic pools" do not always meet these regulations, as FINA cannot police use of the term. Touchpads are mounted on both walls for long course meets and each end for short course. A pool may be referred to as fast or slow, depending on its physical layout. Some design considerations allow the reduction of swimming resistance making the pool faster: namely, proper pool depth, elimination of currents, increased lane width, energy absorbing racing