It was named in honor of Mustafa Dağıstanlı (born 1931), a local sport wrestler, who became twice Olympic and three times world champion in freestyle.

It is situated on Adnan Menderes Boulevard next to Ondokuz Mayıs University's İlkadım Campus.

[1] The sports hall hosts a great variety of sports in addition to badminton, basketball,[2] fencing and volleyball competitions,[3] like boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo,[4] kickboxing, wrestling, weightlifting, table tennis, chess and shooting.

[5] The venue has a seating capacity for 2,000 spectators, including 100 for VIP, 100 for media members, 100 for accredited sportspeople and 80 for physically handicapped people.

[6] In 2016, the European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament and FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship were held in the sports hall.