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
2010–11 Turkish Cup 2010–11 Turkish Cup The 2010–11 Turkish Cup was the 49th season of the Turkish Cup. Beşiktaş defeated İstanbul B.B. in the final. The winner also secured a berth in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and qualified for the 2011 Turkish Super Cup. The defending champions were Trabzonspor who were eliminated in the group stage. Trabzonspor (champions), Bursaspor (1st, Süper Lig), Fenerbahçe (2nd), and Galatasaray (3rd) automatically qualified for the group stage. The draw for the First Round took place at the headquarters of the TFF in İstanbul on 23 August 2010. The matches were played on