FIRST Robotics Competition CRESCENDO Season
Türkiye 2024 Regionals
The purpose of this page is to provide information about the Turkish Regionals to help our guest teams prepare for and compete in our events. If any data on this page conflicts with that on the FIRST page, the FIRST data is valid.
When traveling to Türkiye please check with your travel agency for the latest travel requirements for traveling to Türkiye
For any specific questions please don’t hesitate contact us via our team support email address or WhatsApp account.
FRC Türkiye Team Support : teamsupport@fikretyukselfoundation.org Phone Number : +90 541 345 73 89
For Rules That Require Attention Before Attending Turkish FIRST Robotics Competition Regionals click here.
For 2024 Volkswagen Arena Emergency Actıon Plan click here.
5-7 March 2024
8-10 March 2024
19-21 March 2024
22-24 March 2024
Click on the relevant regional below to see Pit Maps
VOLKSWAGEN ARENA
The most important feature is the large-capacity hall with the best sound acoustics in Türkiye.
The capacity of the arena varies from 4,500 to 6,500, depending on the events.
The arena is next to UNIQ Shopping Center and offers many eating/drinking/market opportunities.
It can be reached with a 15-minute walk from the ITU-Ayazağa M2 (Yenikapı-Hacıosman) Metro station. Many IETT buses pass in front of it. In addition to the metro information above the city’s public bus system’s website can be accessed from this link: https://www.iett.istanbul/en.
Meal Options for the Regionals
There are many markets and restaurants in UNIQ AVM (UNIQ Mall), next to Volkswagen Arena. Please visit https://www.uniqistanbul.com/yemeicme/ for options. In addition, you can use the event area entrance to receive your online food orders.
İstanbul Hotel Opportunities
We make contact with hotels near the venue. Also we negotiate on your behalf with nearby hotels in order to obtain reduced accommodation rates. All communication, reservation, payment etc. operations with the specified hotels are the responsibility of the teams themselves.
You can check the offers that we got from hotels and contact with them from here.
Transportation
Public transportation is very effective in İstanbul. In the area the event is being held, metro is usually faster than road-vehicles (busses, cars, etc.). İstanbul has legendarily bad traffic – so sticking to surface roads can be risky in terms of time. Volkswagen Arena sits near an area called Maslak, which has a metro station on line M2. (İTÜ-Ayazağa Station)
Both İstanbul airports are connected to the city by metro and by a network of coach buses to popular destinations in the city. The coach buses may be easier to use with large amounts of luggage. Taxis are available as well but may be difficult to communicate with and are not recommended.
İstanbul Airport: Metro Line U1/M11, Havaİst Buses: https://www.hava.ist/?lang=en
Sabiha Gökçen Airport: Metro line M4, HavaBüs: https://www.havabus.com/
Metro is well integrated with Google Maps.
If you plan to drive to the arena, there is a paid underground parking garage on site.
Options for ordering food online to the venue
For catering services we suggest using YEMEKSEPETI https://www.yemeksepeti.com/en/ to order food to the Event Location.
Yemeksepeti Instructions: – They have both a phone app, and a website, you can order from either.
First you’ll need to select an area to search for food within – While at the Istanbul Volkswagen Arena you should select “Sarıyer (Huzur Mah. )” as the location.
then click “list restaurants”. Once you’ve chosen a restaurant, and the food you would like to order, click on the basket, Approve the basket,
you’ll have to log in (either create a basic account or log in with Facebook) and it will ask you about delivery instructions.
Use a phone number that preferably can receive calls here in Turkey as the delivery person may need to call you to find you.
For Address city and area you can drag the pin to show the location or;
in the address section write :
******* for İstanbul : “Volkswagen Arena – Huzur Mh., Maslak Ayazağa Cd. 4B Maslak/Sarıyer/İstanbul” And for the description:
“Lütfen yemekleri Volkswagen Arena Ana Girişinde – Takım , XXXX’e teslim ediniz.”
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P.S. : Don’t forget to put your Team Number and Name on the text Then choose your payment type and approve the order.