May 19 Youth Festival!

Besiktas Municipality organizes an entertaining event program as a part of May 19, Youth and Sports Day.

All citizens and young people are expected to participate in the event.

May 19 has a special importance for Beşiktaş. On May 16, 1919, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was on his way to Bandırma ferry, and he started his path from Beşiktaş. Therefore, as Beşiktaş Municipality, we are celebrating the Youth and Sports Day with a period of 4 days, starting from May 16.

Youth Festival will be held for the first time This Year!

Beşiktaş Municipality aims to bring young people and college students together, and make them feel the May 19 spirit all together. We want to make a difference with the Youth Festival. We want to bring the citizens together through a lot of entertaining activities.

There are some big surprises in the Youth Festival!

Water Curtain show after Torchlight Procession on May 16...

At 19.30, May 16 there will be a band walking from Akaretler to Barbaros Square. We have a big surprise for the first night: ; After band walking, a "Water Curtain" show will be held at Bosphorous. This amazing show may be seen from Beşiktaş and Sarıyer.

Color up Run, Solo Turk air show and Murat Dalkılıç Concert on May 17!

On May 17, the second day of the festival, Color Up Run event will be held. It is a very unique and exciting run where the runners don’t get timed out, but get color ‘bombed’ at every kilometer. It is not a competitive race, but rather a fun family event, where most people walk or jog. Running will end in Kuruçeşme. After Color Up Event, at 18.00 pm, all citizens are invited to the "Social Media Interactive Scenes" at Kuruçeşme Arena. Event program will end with Murat Dalkılıç concert, starting at 20.30.

Solo Turk is on Beşiktaş Skies!

On May 18, the third day of the festival, various universities will be on stage in cooperation with "Düşle Beşiktaş". Social clubs of Universities will be presenting their projects, and young people will demonstrate their skills. These events will be held at Levent and Köyiçi Square.

Tarkan is on the stage!

May 19 Youth and Sports Day celebrations will begin with a torchlight procession at 19.30 in, Dereboyu Street, Ortaköy. Later, the crowd will gather in front of the Ortaköy Mosque and walk to the Barbarossa Square. Here, Ozan Çolakoğlu will be on the stage with an impressive DJ performance.Megastar Tarkan will start to his unforgettable concert at 21.00.

May 19, Youth and Sports Festival will end with Fireworks shows at the Barbarossa Square.

*All events are free and open to the public.