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 SK Marşı of Turkey, written in both Arabic and French and published in Egypt. 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