Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, "Galatasaray Sports Club") is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey, most notable for its association football department. The club also consists of various other departments including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, judo, bridge, motorsport, equestrian, and chess. Galatasaray S.K. is among the key members of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee together with Galatasaray University and the prestigious Lycée de Galatasaray. The football team of the club is the only European cup winner team in Turkey, holding the most
Galatasaray SK Marşı Galatasaray SK Marşı Galatasaray Marşı ("Galatasaray march") is the official hymn of the Turkish multisport club Galatasaray SK. It was commissioned in 1980 to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary. The words were written by Turkish songwriter Mehmet Faruk Gürtunca and Selmi Andak is the composer. The "re re re, ra ra ra, Galatasaray Galatasaray cimbom bom" part is a famous fan chant and was sung for the first time by Galatasaray fans at Taksim Stadi in 1922. The first march was written by Ahmet Malik, who was a student at Galatasaray Lisesi at 1912. This was the first club march