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
Galatasaray TV Galatasaray TV Galatasaray TV (GSTV) is a channel of Turkish company Galatasaray S.K.. The daily programs of this TV include live games (basketball, volleyball, water polo, equestrian, youth football teams, rowing and sailing) and learning cultural roots of Galatasaray (Galatasaray Lycée—Galatasaray Lisesi, Galatasaray Université—Galatasaray Üniversitesi, history of Galatasaray). The channel first launched in January 2006 over satellite, now digital cable services are activated. Galatasaray TV has a studio at Galatasaray's Türk Telekom Arena. Live transmissions happen on a weekly basis in the form of Matchnight Live and Live From Türk Telekom Arena. On 17 August 2010, GSTV announced that 3G