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# TPM Istanbul, TR
- URL: https://activeforhealth.eu/tpm-istanbul/
- Published: 2026-05-07T07:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T20:26:07.000Z
- Description: Project meeting and Knowledge Exchange visit exploring City-Wide Sports for Youth
- Author: Maria Donkin
- Tags: News, TPM

In May 2026, the knowledge exchange journey concluded in Turkey with a focus on **Spor Istanbul**, a massive municipal sports organization. This visit showcased how a major city can successfully manage physical activity promotion on a grand scale, specifically tailoring environments to be safe, inclusive, and healthy for children.

### **Observations**

- **Large-Scale Delivery:** Spor Istanbul demonstrated an impressive model that seamlessly combines city-wide facilities, recurring public events, and social objectives to get citizens moving.
- **Card-Based Approach:** A unique feature of their strategy is a practical card-based system designed to encourage youth participation, ensuring kids have safe and inclusive environments to play and exercise.
- **Municipal Integration:** The initiative showed the immense value of having sports delivery directly embedded into a city's municipal framework.

### Summary

Istanbul’s approach illustrates that big cities can effectively drive community health by integrating sports facilities and creative engagement tools directly into local government planning.