Do you know the name of the club, which was established with the aim of accustoming young people to struggle with life and military expeditions? Or that Beşiktaş is the first registered Turkish sports club? Sports was one of the important subjects in the Ottoman period. In the early days, sports activities were mostly about war training. So much so that there were sports lodges that provided training. Over time, there was a transition from traditional sports organization to club formation in the Ottoman Empire. Many sports clubs or associations operating today were also established during the Ottoman period. Here are the sports clubs established in the Ottoman Empire…
Entry Date: 26.08.2019
15:27
Update Date: 02.10.2020
13:33
FENERBAHÇE SPORTS CLUB
Purpose of establishment: To work on the discipline of the body (physical education) and intellectual education in the country and to accustom the youth to the struggle against life and to military expeditions.
Administrative center: Kadıköy Kuşdili Meadow.
Year of foundation: 1907 (Rumi 1323)
Board of Directors: Chief Hamid Hüsnü Bey, chief Fuad Bey, captain general Galip Bey, treasurer Hakkı Bey, clerk Hüseyin Hüsnü Bey
Purpose of establishment: It consists of raising an intellectually and physically responsive element for the country.
Administrative center: It is in the building next to Saka Coffeehouse on Fettah Street, number 18, around Fatih.
Year of foundation: 20 August 1921 (20 August 1337).
Board of Directors: Chief of staff Hayri Bey, general secretary of merchant Akif Hayri Bey, treasurer Cezmi Bey, general captain Şakir Hamdi Bey, consultants merchant Şevket Bey and Zühdü Bey
KANLICA TERBİYE-İ BEDENİYYE YORDU
Purpose of establishment: It consists of conducive to the reasons that will ensure the Ottoman youth to gain a prosperous future.
Administrative center: Abdurrahman Tevfik Bey’s mansion in Kanlıca.
Year of foundation: August 15, 1919 (August 15, 1335).
Board of Directors: Chief Hafız Süleyman Bey, general secretary Kudret Tevfik Bey, accountant Cevat Fazıl Bey, members Fuad Bey, Ali Bey and Müsaid Bey
KADIKOY YOUTH ASSOCIATION SPORTS CLUB
Purpose of establishment: To work for the intellectual and physical development and duration of the youth.
Administrative center: Kadıköy is in Kuşdili.
Year of foundation: 9 October 1920 (9 Teshrinievel 1336)
Administrative Board: One of the responsible ones, Ahmed Rahmi, residing at number 3 in Mezra Street in the Pekmezoğlu field in Kadıköy, and Mehmed Efendi, one of the teachers of Kadıköy Sultanisi
GALATASARAY SPORTS CLUB
Purpose of establishment: Ali Sami Yen, one of the founding members of Galatasaray, explains its founding goals as follows. “Our aim is to play as a team like the British, to have a color and a name, and beat non-Turkish teams.”
Year of foundation: 1st Jul 1905
Founding members: Ali Sami Yen, Asım Sonumut, Emin Bülend Serdaroğlu, Celal İbrahim, Bekir Sıtkı Bircan, Tahsin Nahit, Reşat Şirvanizade, Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver