History of Galatasaray S.K. flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did." Ali Sami Yen is the founder of the club, and the first president of club that served until the 1920s. Since the Turkish republic founded in 1923, Ali Sami Yen did a great job, both founding and developing the first Turkish football club and protecting it against the strict rules of the former state of command in Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire. Between 1905 and 1906 Galatasaray just played friendly matches. Since there were not any Turkish teams, Galatasaray joined the Istanbul Football League
Ceyhun Gülselam Ceyhun Gülselam Ceyhun Gülselam (born 25 December 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a center back and defensive midfielder. He plays for Osmanlıspor. He also played eight years for the Bayern Munich Junior Team before joining SpVgg Unterhaching. During the summer of 2008, Ceyhun signed a three-year contract with Trabzonspor. He spent three seasons in Trabzon, before going to Istanbul to play for Galatasaray. On 11 June 2011, Galatasaray signed Ceyhun on a free transfer until the end of 2013–14 season. Ceyhun scored his first goal for Galatasaray against his former club Trabzonspor. On 10 January