The turf track was completed in 1996 and started hosting competitions in the spring of 1998.The race course has three interleaved tracks as: There are two spectator stands, newer one being a 3-storey, 3000-seat modern structure.Within the complex there are also five restaurants, food vendors, a playground for children and a haflinger paddock.At the pension area, there are 1260 barns and a modern horse hospital that accommodates a surgery unit.Şehitlik railway station, 1.6 km east of the hippodrome, is served by frequent trains from Adana Central, Şakirpaşa, Yenice, Tarsus and Mersin Central stations.