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Fenerbahçe
Flag of Fenerbahçe - Image by Onur Özgün, 25 August 2001
An unoffical flag of Fenerbahçe (photo) is horizontally divided yellow-blue-yellow-blue with the club's emblem.
The color specification are given as (club website):
Yellow Pantone Yellow c Blue Pantone 288c Red Pantone 485c Green Pantone 361c
Onur Özgün, 25 August 2001
Galatasaray
Flag of Galatasaray - Image by Onur Özgün, 27 June 2003
The club's emblem was designed in 1923 by Ayetullah Emin, a student at the Galatasaray High School (website). Emin used a complicated mathematical formula to draw the emblem. The Ottoman letters gayn - qin were changed to the Latin letters "G" - "S" in 1926. The Galatasaray Sports Club, founded in 1905 within the High School, adopted Emin's emblem, charged with the foundation year of the club.
Ivan Sache, 27 June 2003
Unofficial flag of Galatasaray - Image by António Martins, 4 July 2004
Yahoo! News showed a picture with Flavio Conceição displaying his new club Galatasaray's flag. The flag shown seems to have only two stripes, instead of the four of the official flag.
James Dignan, 1 July 2004
Today, while I was sitting on the sidewalk across the street from my
building, a man pedaled by on a special bicycle designed for disabled
people. His vehicle was flying a small Turkish flag on the front, and a
larger Turkish flag on the back, along with a similarly sized flag I didn't
recognize. I ran after him; he told me he was indeed Turkish, and I inquired about the
other flag. He replied that it was a football flag. I found it's a variant of the Galatasaray Istanbul flag. The differences with the official flag are:
- There were eight red and yellow horizontal stripes instead of four;
- The object in the center was a white circle instead of a white ellipse;
- The insignia on the circle was the third of the four variants shown on
the Galatasaray High School website:
- The "1905" was at the bottom of the circle.
Lewis Nowitz, 24 April 2004
Graeme Souness' flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 4 June 2017
The Intercontinental Derby that opposes Galatasaray (Europe) to
Fenerbahçe (Asia) is considered as among the hottest derbies in the
world.
In 1966, the final of the Turkish Cup opposed the two rival clubs,
Galatasaray won the first leg at home (1-0) and eventually won the cup
on 24 April 1996 in their rival's stadium (1-1 after extra time).
To celebrate the victory, Galatasaray's hot-headed Scottish coach,
Graeme Souness (b. 1953) ran to the central circle of the field and
planted there a giant red and yellow-striped flag (video). This is considered
as one of the most emblematic events in the Intercontinental Derby,
and, generally, in Turkish football.
Souness' act of bravado nearly sparkled a riot in the stadium; how he
managed to safely leave the stadium is still a part of the legend.
Souness was soon nicknamed "Ulubatlı Souness", for the Turkish hero
Ulubatlı Hasan (1428-1453) who planted the Ottoman flag on the walls
of Constantinople and defended it until death.
The giant flag is horizontally divided into ten stripes, in turn red
and yellow.
Ivan Sache, 4 June 2017
Istanbul Başakşehir
Flag of Istanbul Başakşehir - Image by Ivan Sache, 10 March 2016
Medipol Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü was originally known as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality's Municipal Club). The club was renamed Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü in 2014 following the municipality's withdrawal. It took in 2015 the name of its main sponsor, Medipol Eğitim ve Sağlık Grubu (Medipol Education and Health Group).
[Hürriyet, 25 May 2015]
The flag of Medipol Başakşehir (photo) is white with the club's emblem in the middle, surmounting the club's full name written in blue letters.
Ivan Sache, 10 March 2016
İstanbulspor
Flag of İstanbulspor - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2016
İstanbulspor (İstanbulspor A.Ş.) was established in 1926 by students form the Istanbul High School (İstanbul Erkek Lisesi, IEL). The club was managed by the Istanbul High School Foundation until 1990, when purchased by Uzan Holding. After the withdrawal of Uzan in 2001, the club fell into financial crisis. Taken over in 2003 by the government, İstanbulspor was successively acquired by Saffet Sancaklı (2006) and Ömer Sarıalioğlu (2007. Relegated to Third League in 2010, the club was eventually proposed to Second League in 2015.
İstanbulspor played for 23 seasons in the top league (1958-1967, 1968-1972, and 1995-2005), achieving its best season in 1998 (4th) and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2016
Istanbul Sailing Club
Flag and burgee of the Istanbul Sailing Club - Images by Ivan Sache, 26 May 2012
The Istanbul Sailing Club (website), founded on 2 February 1952, is the oldest and biggest yacht club in Turkey, with more than 3,000 members. The club was granted the statute of a "society of public interests". Among its founding members was Captain Ruhi Sarialp, who won with his crew a bronze medal in the London Olympics (1948, Triple Jump series). More recently, club member Enver Adakan ranked 8th in the Sydney Olympics (2000, Finn series).
The flag of the IYK is white, divided by a blue horizontal Y-like cross. A white star inside a red disc is placed over the cross. The club's burgee is a triangular version of the flag.
Older burgee of the Istanbul Sailing Club (?) - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 May 2012
A souvenir plaque dated 1940 shows a rower from the club and a red burgee with a white star. This predates the foundation of the modern club (1952). The white star within the red disk seems to have been taken from this early burgee.
Ivan Sache, 26 May 2012
Turkish Offshore Racing Club
Burgee of the TAYK - Image by Ivan Sache, 22 June 2002
The burgee of the TAYK (website) is red with a white three-pointed star.
Ivan Sache, 22 June 2002