Sakarya Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sport (SPDYS)

SPDYS is a public institution directly connected with the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Turkey and implements sports and youth activities in the city as a branch of the ministry. The objectives of the institution:

  • To determine policies that support the personal and social development of youth, to enable young people to realize their potential by taking into account the needs of different young groups, to develop proposals that ensure their active participation in all areas of social life through decision-making and implementation processes and to carry out activities in this direction, to ensure coordination and cooperation,
  • To research the needs of the youth and the services and opportunities offered to the youth, to develop suggestions, to provide information, guidance, and counseling in the youth field,
  • To determine the policies to be applied in the field of sports to ensure the implementation of international rules and instructions, and
  • To perform other duties and services given to the Ministry by legislation. Some of the activities that we have implemented include national and international sports organizations in sports branches,
  • Physical tests and measurements of 3rd-grade students of Turkey’s Sportive Talent Screening,
  • Getting swimming training for people from 7 to 70 within the scope of the project “Let Who Can’t Know Swimming Stay”,
  • Sports organizations of local leagues in 50 or more sports branches,
  • Sports training for disabled people with Happy Wednesday Project,
  • Sports tournaments between clubs as part of the amateur sports week,
  • Supporting the Olympic processes of the athletes with the Olympic preparation centers.