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Did you know...

Research: Murat Gökcigdem
 With the lifting of the law prohibiting all organizational activities in 1908, Istanbul and the rest of the country witnessed the establishment of the first Turkish Sports Club, Galatasaray.

Did you also know that...

  • Galatasaray was the first club in Turkiye to implement their team color scheme on their pennant.
  • Galatasaray started the tradition of greeting their fans with "Sa, Sa, Sa."
  • Galatasaray was the first club to open the track and field division (1908).
  • The first Waterball League Championship belongs to Galatasaray (1931).
  • The first indoor Handball League Championship title belongs to Galatasaray (1956).
  • The first private car owner in Turkiye was Celal Esad Arseven of Galatasaray.
  • Galatasaray was the first school (lycee) to build a gymnasium on the campus grounds (1869).
  • The first Turk to swim across the English channel was Murad Guler, a member of the Galatasaray Club.
  • The first tennis court built in Turkiye was at Galatasaray (1909).
  • Galatasaray Club started gliding as a sport in Turkiye (1931).
  • Ibrahim Orhan, who was an airforce volunteer and a member of Galatasaray, was among the first to open fire from an airplane and shoot down an enemy plane in World War I (1915).
  • Ali Sami Yen, the founder of Galatasaray Sports Club, was also the first League President of "Turkiye Futbol Birligi (1911).
  • Galatasaray was the first team to form a rugby team and demonstrated the game's fundamentals to the general public in Turkiye (1919).
  • The first Turk to sail around the world was Sadun Boro, a member of Galatasaray Club.