Television documentary on Galatasaray Fenerbache

[superpalace]

Hello my name is Kevin and i'm doing research for an Irish television documentary on the Istanbul derby. I would be interested in people's advice. In particular I was hoping people could recommend bars and cafes or any other venues to visit, which are associated with either club. Any other information on the derby or the history of the clubs would also be gratefully received.

[Azizinho]

Hey superpalace if u r in istanbul i would recomend:
GS: Galatasaray street
GS tower
GS store
Ali Sami Yen stadi
FB: Sukru Saracoglu
FB shop
And maybe besiktas?
Besiktas Inonu Stadi
Besiktas city area

[Fener19*07bahce]

Go besiktas and search for Bursa iskender.. go to the profilo..when you go to istanbul..get in a taxi, and say profilo, and he'll take to this mall..but watch out, dont say you're a tourist or you're going to get ripped off!!

[kanaryamerika]

Hello my name is Kevin and i'm doing research for an Irish television documentary on the Istanbul derby. I would be interested in people's advice. In particular I was hoping people could recommend bars and cafes or any other venues to visit, which are associated with either club. Any other information on the derby or the history of the clubs would also be gratefully received.

Hey...email me if you want. I'm a documentary maker myself. I can help you with some suggestions for locations etc if you want.

[Bosanac]

The Bosphorus sea strait separates the city of Istanbul in an European side and an Asian side. Galatasaray was founded by students of the galatasaray lycee and is on the European side. Fenerbahce is on the Asian side and has a largely working class following. The club used to be the people's club while Galatasaray was supported by the rich and famous. Nowadays Fenerbahce also has the (financial) support of some very rich fans.

Fenerbahce has been very succesful in the past and therefore has a traditional large fanbase. In the 90's Galatasaray became very successful which had it's influence on younger fans.

Friday 23 February 1934 was the day when unexpected riots happened at a supposed to be friendly match between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray played at Taksim Stadium. Both teams wanted to win badly and therefore the match had to be stopped many times because of hard fouls. The high tension on the pitch caused high tension on the stands as well. The game ended with players fighting, the pitch turned out to be a war area. The referee had no choice except to abandon the match. It was the end of friendly displays between both clubs.


Why is the Fenerbahce Stadium called Sükrü Saracoglu (since 2001) ?
Sükrü Saracoglu was the 5th president of the Turkish Republic and between 1934-1950 he was the president of Fenerbahce SK for almost 16 years.

Where does the nickname "Cimbom" come from?
There are several legends about this as nobody exactly knows the origin of the word Cimbom. One of the stories tells you this: On an early school trip of the Galatasaray High School to Switzerland the students learned a Swiss football song with the name "Jim, Bom, Bom" and took it back with them to Istanbul. The song stayed with the team to this day and earned them their famous nickname, Cim Bom.

Who was Ali Sami Yen ?
Ali Sami Yen was one of the students and of the Galatasaray Lycee who founded Galatasaray Sports Club in 1905. He became the first president of the club.


Fans

Fenerbahce
GencFenerbahceliler
Located in Migros and Okul Acik, and was founded in 1999. Genc Fenerbahceliler means Young Fenerbahce Supporters.


Galatasaray
UltrAslan
Many fangroups where joined in 2001 creating one big fanclub : ultrAslan. 'Aslan' is the turkish word for 'Lion' which is the symbol of Galatasaray.