Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other departments including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, judo, bridge, motorsport, equestrian, and chess. Galatasaray S.K. is among the key members of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee together with Galatasaray University and the prestigious Lycée de Galatasaray.
Korel Engin, aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national team.
Mustafa Denizli is a former Turkish football player and coach. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including "Istanbul Big Three" and has won the Süper Lig title three times. He is the only manager in history to win the Süper Lig with three clubs.
Nevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish retired professional female basketball player of Galatasaray. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.
Seimone Delicia Augustus is an American professional women's basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Dynamo Kursk, and the U.S. national team. She was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx first overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft. A seven-time all-star, Augustus has become one of the most recognizable faces in the WNBA, earning MVP honors while leading the Lynx to the 2011 WNBA championship, the first of four that she won with the team.
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a retired Vincentian/American professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Galatasaray S.K., for sponsorship reasons Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is a part of the Galatasaray Sports Club. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League and EuroCup. The team has won 16 Turkish championships. The team furthermore won 3 Turkish Cups, 2 Turkish Super Cups, and 1 EuroCup.
The history of Galatasaray S.K. covers over 100 years of the sports from the club based in Istanbul, Turkey. Established in 1905, the club became the most successful club in the history of Turkish football.
Simona Gioli is a retired volleyball player from Italy. Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in Turkey. Gioli was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. Gioli was named "Most Valuable Player and ""Best Blocker" at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup and 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup. She was also awarded "MVP" at the 2006-07 CEV Cup won by her team Sirio Perugia. She won the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Sirio Perugia and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".
Galatasaray is the women's basketball section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.
Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in 2.200-seat arena, called the Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall.
Işıl Alben is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray SK, who is often considered to be among the top Turkish female athletes. She was the captain of the team that won the EuroLeague title in 2014.
Bahar Çağlar is a Turkish professional basketball player of Beşiktaş. She competed at two Summer Olympiads: the 2012 and 2016.
Emine Tuğba Palazoğlu is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Fenerbahçe.
Yasemen Saylar is a Turkish professional female basketball player of Galatasaray Medical Park.
Seray Altay is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 182 cm and plays as opposite. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park.
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü, is a Turkish professional football club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is the association football branch of the larger Galatasaray Sports Club of the same name, itself a part of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee which includes Galatasaray High School where the football club was founded in October 1905 consisting entirely of student members.
Melis Dilara Kaya is a Turkish professional female basketball player of Galatasaray Medical Park.
Gintarė Petronytė is a Lithuanian professional female basketball player, currently playing for Galatasaray in Turkey.
Slađana Erić is a Serbian volleyball player. She plays for ŽOK Partizan Vizura.
