History of Galatasaray S.K. call their club "Galata Sarayı". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally. This was how the first Turkish football club was founded. Among with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil. At first, the colours of Galatasaray were red and white. These are the colours in the modern Turkish flag.
Galatasaray S.K. were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another." While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more "Istanbul League" titles, six "Sunday League" titles and three "Friday League" titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but non-national league of Turkey, "Istanbul Professional League" played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles. Turkcell Super League, the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country,