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American Football First League Of Turkey
The Turkish Gridiron Football First League ( tr, Türkiye Korumalı Futbol 1. Ligi) is a professional American football league in Turkey. History The development of American football in Turkey can be traced to the beginning of 1987, when American Navy men played a pickup game against Turkish students at Bogazici University in Istanbul. Boğaziçi Filler (later renamed Sultans) was founded in 1987, and the Bullets were founded in 1993 in Hacettepe (later named Red Deers after the university logo). Istanbul Technical (Hornets) and Marmara University (Sharks) teams were added during 1995-1996. However, the Marmara Sharks folded in 1998. In 2010, the number of club teams exceeded 13 and the number of universities over 24. The first official match between two Turkish teams was played between the Boğaziçi Elephants and Istanbul Pistof in 1993. The Elephants won this match 28-0. The name "Elephants" was later changed to "Sultans". After the 1995-1996 season, in line with the increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Rugby Federation
The Turkish Rugby Federation () is the governing body for rugby union in Turkey. It was founded in 2011, and became affiliated to Rugby Europe in 2012. Turkey became an associate member of World Rugby in 2020. Turkish Rugby Federation also governs American football, baseball and softball activities in Turkey. Teams *Turkey national rugby union team, Turkey - the national men's rugby union team. *Turkey national rugby union team, rugby union / 7s / sevens - the national men's rugby union seven-a-side team. *Turkey national rugby league team *Turkey women's national rugby union team References External linksTurkish Rugby Federation - Official Site Rugby union in Turkey Rugby union governing bodies in Europe, Turkey Sports organizations established in 2011 {{Rugbyunion-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vefa Stadium
Vefa Stadı ( en, Vefa Stadium) (also named Karagümrük Stadı/Arena) is a football (soccer), football stadium located in Fatih, Istanbul that is the home ground of Fatih Karagümrük. Vefa Stadı is occasionally in use for the promotional play-off encounters in lower tier leagues, other sports including American Football and for Public holidays in Turkey, public holiday ceremonies. History Karagümrük Stadium was initially used as a football home ground in 1926, in the middle of a dip garden waves from Byzantium, Byzantium Era, called Çukurbostan in Çukurbostan district of Fatih. Stadium is constructed in ''Cistern of Aetius, Aetius Cistern'', on Fevzi Paşa Caddesi ( en, Fevzi Paşa Avenue), heading to Edirnekapı, Istanbul, Edirnekapı district of Fatih. Due to the Byzantiumeferences, the cistern is built in AD 420, by praetorian prefect Aetius (praetorian prefect), Aetius during the rule of Theodosius II (reigned between 408 – 450). The cistern is 244x84 m. and 15 m. d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
Maltepe may refer to several places in Turkey: *Maltepe, Çan, a village in Çanakkale Province * Maltepe, Çankaya, a quarter in Çankaya, Ankara *Maltepe, Çay, a village in Afyonkarahisar Province *Maltepe, Istanbul, a district and municipality of Istanbul Province **Maltepe (Istanbul Metro), an underground rail station on the M4 line **Maltepe railway station, a surface rail station on the Haydarpaşa-Gebze and Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı lines **Maltepe University *Maltepe, Keşan, a village in Edirne Province *Maltepe, Yüreğir Maltepe is a village in the District of Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental coun ..., a village in Adana Province * Maltepe (Kilise Tepe), a mound in Mersin Province {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of Turkey's automotive production takes place in Bursa. As of 2019, the Metropolitan Province was home to 3,056,120 inhabitants, 2,161,990 of whom lived in the 3 city urban districts (Osmangazi, Yildirim and Nilufer) plus Gursu and Kestel, largely conurbated. Bursa was the first major and second overall capital of the Ottoman State between 1335 and 1363. The city was referred to as (, meaning "God's Gift" in Ottoman Turkish, a name of Persian origin) during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is ("") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban fabric, as well as to the vast and richly varied forests of the surrounding region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilüfer, Bursa
Nilüfer is a district of the Bursa Province of Turkey, established in 1987. It is one of the seventeen districts of Bursa Province. It is established as the main residential development area of Bursa in order to meet the housing needs as well as industrial and commercial structures. Name origin The name of the district comes from Nilüfer River that passes through the district. Besides that also the name of the river comes from Nilüfer Hatun. According to traditional stories, Nilüfer Hatun ordered the building of a bridge over a river in Bursa and after the completion of bridge, both the river and the bridge were named "Nilüfer". History Nilüfer district hosting the first settlement in Bursa Region as per some researchers, bears the traces of both Byzantine and Ottoman and the older periods in history. In Nilüfer; Tepecik Tumulus, Gölyazı and Tahtalı villages in Alaaddinbey Neighborhood and Aktopraklık Tumulus and Gölyazı islands region in Akçalar district are rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Durmaz Stadium
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
