Kazim Karabekir Stadyumu

The stadium sits in Yakutiye, an industrial district of Erzurum. It was built in 1968 and has lived through that long, sitting through the city's quiet years and the noisy ones when it became a stage for the 2011 Winter Universiade. The renovation that year changed the shape of the building, turning it from a simple local ground into an international facility, but the location remains the same: Aziziye Caddesi.

What makes it different is the surface. The hybrid grass is not a novelty for a club that plays in a city where the ground freezes hard. It is a system installed to ensure the match goes on, regardless of the weather. Erzurumspor F.K. has used the ground since 2005, and the players know the way the ball behaves when the humidity changes. The capacity is smaller now. Following the earthquakes in 2023, the stands were assessed as damaged and the venue reopened with a reduced capacity of 2,787. The restrictions on the stands mean the atmosphere is tighter, the fans closer together, and the noise louder inside the remaining structure.

The history of the names reflects the changes in the city. It was originally named Cemal Gürsel Stadyumu, then temporarily referred to as Yeni Erzurum Stadyumu during the renovations, before being officially renamed Kâzım Karabekir Stadyumu on August 10, 2012. The match that drew the biggest crowd was the 2012 Turkish Super Cup between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. Galatasaray won that match 3-2, and the attendance record stood at 23,000 for some time. Now, the stadium is managed by the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), and it hosts the occasional ceremony when the city needs a place to gather. But for the players, it is simply the ground where they train and play, the only one in the district.