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
Can Korkmaz Can Korkmaz Can Korkmaz (born October 21, 1992) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroCup. He is a 1.88 m (6'2") tall 83 kg (183 lb.) point guard. Korkmaz made his pro debut with Pertevniyal Istanbul, of the Turkish Second Division, during the 2009–10 season. He moved to the Turkish club Darussafaka Istanbul for the 2011–12 season. He then joined Galatasaray Istanbul. With Galatasaray, he won the Turkish Super League championship of the 2012–13 season. After that, he moved to Trabzonspor. He joined Uşak Sportif in 2015. On July