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Dostluk S.K.
Dostluk Spor Kulübü is a multi-sport club established 1973 as a women's football club in Istanbul, Turkey. It is known as the country's first ever women's football club. The club also maintains the branches of basketball, swimming, tennis and volleyball to its activities. The club's colors are orange and black. "Dostluk" is the Turkish word for "Friendship". Dostluk Spor was founded by a group of young women with the slogan "''We can do it as good as men do.''" at the Moda neighborhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul on April 19, 1973. The club was preceded by the Istanbul Kız Futbol Takımı (Istanbul Girls' Football Team), which was formed by 13 women with the personal initiative of Haluk Hekimoğlu in 1971. The club's success initiated soon the establishment of other women's football teams in İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara. Dostluk Spor women's football team became runner-up in the 1999–2000 season of the Turkish Women's First Football League. After existing many years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakırköy
Bakırköy is a neighbourhood, municipality and district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. The quarter is densely populated, has a residential character and is inhabited by an upper middle class population. The municipality of Bakırköy is much larger than the quarter and also includes several other neighbourhoods, such as Yeşilköy, Yeşilyurt, Ataköy. Bakırköy lies between the highway (locally known as E-5) and the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Bakırköy has a large psychiatric hospital called "Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi", and is an important shopping and commercial center. History In the Byzantine period Bakırköy was a separate community outside Constantinople, a well-watered pleasant seaside retreat from the city, and was called Hebdomon ( el, , "the Seventh", i.e. seven Roman miles from the Milion, the mile-marker monument of Constantinople).Janin (1964), p. 446 Here - where nowadays the Ataköy Marina lies - the Emperor Valens buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
