Ali Sami Yen Stadium

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ali Sami Yen Stadium was the home of the football club Galatasaray SK in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1964 to 2010. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. The stadium has a capacity of 22,800 (all-seater) and is situated in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district, at the center of the European side of the city. Between 1921 and 1939, Galatasaray and the two other major football clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş JK and Fenerbahçe SK, played their matches at the historic Taksim Stadium on Taksim Square, which was located inside the courtyard of the Ottoman era Taksim Artillery Barracks built by Sultan Abdülmecid I in the 1840s; the surrounding walls of which were transformed into tribunes.