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9 unusual facts about Beşiktaş


Beşiktaş

Today, it is widely accepted by the residents of the municipality that the most significant resident of Beşiktaş was Zübeyde Hanım, the mother of the Turkish national hero Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who lived in the old quarter at the core of Beşiktaş municipality, literally right next to the then headquarters of the Beşiktaş J.K..

By now Beşiktaş was an established Bosphorus crossing for caravans trading across Anatolia and along the Silk Road, and of course for the great Ottoman armies.

Demetrios Laskaris Leontares

Leontares, at the head of a group of Byzantine aristocrats and officials and supplied with gifts, met Mehmed at the Constantinopolitan suburb of Koutoulos (probably modern Kurtuluş) and escorted him to Diplokionion (modern Beşiktaş), where the Emperor and his sons awaited in their galley.

Filip Hološko

Filip Hološko (born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Süper Lig team Beşiktaş and the Slovakia national football team.

HITT Production

HITT Production or HITT Müzik & Prodüksiyon is a Turkish record label and production company established by pop singer Tarkan in 1997, located in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul.

Johan Elmander

He started the 2012–13 season in a match against Kasımpaşa and scored his first goal of the season in a 3–3 draw with Beşiktaş the following week.

On 26 February 2012, he scored the opening and the winning goal of the game against Beşiktaş in a 3–2 win and also scored goals in all derby matches including Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor.

Yusuf Şimşek

For the 2008/09 season, he made 27 league apps (10 with Bursaspor, 17 with Beşiktaş) and 6 Fortis Türkiye Kupası apps (all with Beşiktaş); scoring 5 goals at total (3 league goals/2 cup goals; all for Beşiktaş).

In such a harsh climate, where even Beşiktaş board could not give a solid vote for him, he immediately assumed the role of a playmaker, and became one of the key players carrying the team through the way to 2 most important trophies of Turkish football in 2008/09 season.


100. Yıl Albümü

Yıl Albümü (a.k.a. BJK 100. Yıl Marşları) (English: Centennial Album) is a stadium anthems and football chants based album, recorded following the Turkish League truimph of Beşiktaş in 2003, their 100th year of foundation, composed by Turkish singer/composers Mustafa Sandal and Ufuk Yıldırım, and composers Reha Falay and Murat Zor.

1958–59 Beşiktaş J.K. season

By winning the Turkish Federation Cup a season ago Beşiktaş qualified for the European Cup, but lost to Real Madrid 1-3 on aggregate (0-2 away, 1-1 home) in the first round.

2009 Turkish Cup Final

Yusuf Şimşek put Beşiktaş in the lead with an early goal against Fenerbahçe (1–0).

Ali Kuçik

He played his first official game for Beşiktaş on 5 January 2008 against Diskispor at The Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) replacing İbrahim Üzülmez last 20 minutes.

Arzu Özyiğit

Özyiğit returned home and played for Fenerbahçe, Kocaeli BB and Beşiktaş.

Ergin Ataman

Ataman had a successful season with Beşiktaş which the team achieved Uleb Cup Quarter Finals held in Turin, Italy; after a stunning undefeated 10 in-a-row win performance in group B.

Filip Hološko

At the mid of 2007/08 season, he was transferred to Beşiktaş in exchange of the forward Burak Yılmaz (a promising youngster at the time) along with the veteran defender Koray Avcı plus a considerable sum of 5 million €.

Fuat Usta

Usta has spent the majority of his career in the Netherlands - also playing for Cambuur, Sparta and MVV - apart from brief spells in Turkey with Beşiktaş, in Finland with Jokerit, and in Japan with Omiya Ardija.

Mehmet Özdilek

During his Beşiktaş days he has managed to score 130 goals which was a record for most goals scored by a midfield player in Turkish top-flight, until it was broken in 2012 by Alexsandro de Souza.

Mersad Kovačević

Mersad Kovačević was prolific forward who played for Bosnian club Sloboda Tuzla and Turkish giants Besiktas and Galatasaray.

Neşâtî

Neşâtî first become affiliated with the Mevlevi order as a disciple of the shaykh Ağazâde Mehmed Dede, first in Gelibolu in Thrace and then in Beşiktaş in Istanbul.

Nur Fettahoğlu

Her education was at Beşiktaş Lisesi and then she went to Haliç University and graduated with a degree in Fashion Design.

Quality Sports Investments

On 3 August 2011, Beşiktaş announced that the club was negotiating with QFIL for the rights of Necip Uysal, Atınç Nukan and Muhammed Demirci.

Ronny Johnsen

Johnsen played club football in Norway, Turkey, and England for Sem, Stokke, Eik-Tønsberg, Lyn, Lillestrøm, Beşiktaş, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Vålerenga.

Serdar Bilgili

During his term, he appointed Mircea Lucescu as the coach and brought many stars to Beşiktaş such as Pascal Nouma, Óscar Córdoba, and İlhan Mansız.

Yusuf Şimşek

Then after Mustafa Denizli's persistence for an efficient playmaker, Yusuf was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K., for a part-exchange deal including Tuna Üzümcü plus 400k euro.


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