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KTFF Süper Lig
The KTFF Süper Lig (English: CTFA Super League), formerly known as Birinci Lig ( literally ''First League'') is the top football league in Northern Cyprus. The league was founded in 1955 and is currently contested by 16 teams. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs are relegated to the KTFF 1. Lig, and the next four from the bottom play play-out matches to determine the third team to be relegated. History The Birinci Lig was founded by six clubs in 1955. The founding members were: * Baf Ülkü Yurdu * Çetinkaya Türk SK * Doğan * Gençler Birliği * Gençlik Gücü * Mağusa Türk Gücü Çetinkaya TSK are the most successful team with 14 championship titles. Current teams – 2022–23 season Champions * 1955–56 – Doğan Türk Birliği * 1956–57 – Doğan Türk Birliği * 1957–58 – Çetinkaya * 1958–59 – Doğan Türk Birliği * 1959–60 – Çetinkaya * 1960–61 – Çetinkaya * 1961–62 – Çetinkaya * 1962–63 – Küçük Kaym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mağusa Türk Gücü S
Famagusta ( , ; el, Αμμόχωστος, Ammóchostos, ; tr, Gazimağusa or ) is a city on the east coast of Cyprus. It is located east of Nicosia and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime republics of Genoa and Venice), Famagusta was the island's most important port city and a gateway to trade with the ports of the Levant, from where the Silk Road merchants carried their goods to Western Europe. The old walled city and parts of the modern city are a ''de jure'' territory of Republic of Cyprus, currently under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus as the capital of the Gazimağusa District. Name In antiquity, the town was known as ''Arsinoe'' ( grc, Ἀρσινόη), after the Greek queen Arsinoe II of Egypt, and was mentioned by that name by Strabo. In the 3rd century book Stadiasmus Maris Magni, is written as ''Ammochostos'' (), meaning "hidden in hesand", which is how Greeks still call it. This n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küçük Kaymaklı Türk S
Küçük means "small" in Turkish and may refer to: People Epithet * Küçük Ali (died 1804), also known as ''Ali Đevrlić'', Ottoman janissary and civil servant * Kuchuk Hanem ( fl. 1850–1870), Ghawazi famed beauty and dancer * Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha (1830–1914), Ottoman statesman * Küçük Mustafa (died 1422), Ottoman prince Surname * Fazıl Küçük (1906–1984), Turkish Cypriot politician * İrsen Küçük (1940–2019), Turkish Cypriot politician * Veli Küçük (born 1944), Turkish retired general * Yalçın Küçük (born 1938), Turkish socialist writer, philosopher, economist, and historian Places * Küçük Mecidiye Mosque, Ottoman-era mosque in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey * Küçüklü (other), various places in Turkey * Küçükmenderes River, in Turkey * Küçük Tavşan Adası, pair of adjacent Turkish islands located in the Aegean Sea north of Gölköy, in Bodrum * Küçük Tiyatro Küçük means "small" in Turkish language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çetinkaya TSK
Çetinkaya () is a Turkish surname. In English 'çetin' means 'hard' and 'kaya' means 'rock'. Notable people with the surname include *Ali Çetinkaya (1878–1949), Turkish Army officer *Burcu Çetinkaya (born 1981), Turkish female rally driver and television representer *Duygu Çetinkaya, Actress *Hasan Cetinkaya, Swedish footballer *Hikmet Çetinkaya, Cumhuriyet newspaper author *Kelime Çetinkaya (born 1982), Turkish female cross country skier *Meral Çetinkaya (born 1945), Turkish film actress *Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976), Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey *Necati Çetinkaya (born 1943), Member of Parliament *Olcay Çetinkaya (born 1979), Turkish footballer Other uses *Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station, a railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey * Çetinkaya, Sivas, a village in the Kangal district of the Sivas Province ** Çetinkaya station, a railway station in the village. *Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as "Kırmız ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türk Ocağı Limasol S
Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey * Turks, reference to the Ottoman Empire * Turks (term for Christians), the name given to the Horse-archer Christian unit in the Crusader army. * Turks (term for Muslims), used by the non-Muslim Balkan peoples to denote all Muslim settlers in the region * Turk (caste), Indo-Turkic people in India. * Turks of South Carolina, in the United States, a group of people * a nickname for inhabitants of Faymonville, Liège, Belgium * a nickname for inhabitants of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales People * Turk (surname), a list of people with the name * Turk (nickname), a list of people with the nickname * Turk (rapper) (Tab Virgil Jr., born 1981), an American rapper * Philippe Liégeois (born 1947), pen name "Turk", a Belgian comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gönyeli Spor Kulübü
Gönyeli ( el, Κιόνελι, Kioneli; tr, Gönyeli) is a town in Cyprus, near the capital city Nicosia. It is ''de facto'' under the control of Northern Cyprus. Over the years the town has merged with North Nicosia, making it connurbated with the city. Its population is 11,671. History Before the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571, the area consisted of empty fields. Upon the conquest, two families from Anatolia settled and founded Gönyeli, that of Kurt Ali from Anamur and Mehmet Efendi from Aksaray. Over time, as the families grew in population, the village grew as a farming community speaking Turkish. Culture The football club Gönyeli Spor Kulübü is based in Gönyeli. Gönyeli's stadium, Ali Naci Karacan Stadı (named for journalist Ali Naci Karacan), houses football matches as well as concerts and the annual 23 April Children's Day events. Every July, the Gönyeli International Folk Dance Festival takes place in the town center. The event lasts one week, with gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumlupınar TSK
Dumlupınar TSK is a Turkish Cypriot football club based in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl .... It competes in the KTFF Super Lig, the highest level of football in Northern Cyprus and was founded in 1953. History In 2016, Dumlupınar TSK formed a consortium with NorthernLand, a local construction company. Back in 2014, it became the first Turkish Cypriot club to participate in a tournament held in southern part of the island where it fielded it youth teams from the Under-9 to Under-15 categories. References Football clubs in Northern Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Cyprus {{NCyprus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamitköy Ş
Hamitköy is an affluent northern suburb of North Nicosia in Cyprus. Hamitköy is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus, and, since 2008, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality Nicosia Turkish Cypriot Municipality ( tr, Lefkoşa Türk Belediyesi) is the governing body of North Nicosia province of TRNC. It was established in 1958 and was recognized by Article 173 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. After 1974 a .... As of 2011, Hamitköy had a population of 5,338. Prior to its urbanisation, it was better known as Mandres ( el, Μάντρες) or Hamit Mandres ( el, Χαμίτ Μάντρες, links=no). References Communities in Nicosia District Populated places in Lefkoşa District Suburbs of Nicosia {{cyprus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göçmenköy İdman Yurdu
Göçmenköy (Turkish for "village of the displaced") is a quarter of North Nicosia in Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 3,003. It was founded in 1966 as a settlement for the Turkish Cypriots displaced by the intercommunal violence. The formerly rural area became heavily urbanized in the 1960s and 70s. Göçmenköy became a vibrant part of North Nicosia, and is home to the Atatürk Sports Complex, which is home to the Nicosia Atatürk Stadium, the largest stadium in Cyprus. It co-hosts an annual international festival. History Before the Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, the location of the quarter was mainly agricultural area, with only a detergent factory and a Turkish garrison. In 1966, in response to the overcrowding of the walled city due to the displacement of Turkish Cypriots from areas of Nicosia attacked by Greek Cypriots, such as Omorfita/Küçük Kaymaklı, the first houses in the area were built. The first 32 houses built were filled up within 10 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cihangir Gençlik Spor Kulübü
Cihangir is a neighborhood in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, between Taksim Square and Kabataş. It has many narrow streets, two parks, and many street cafes especially in and around Akarsu Yokuşu Sokağı. The neighbourhood has a bohemian reputation. It is known for its artists, writers, actors, and expatriates - as well as large army of street cats. It was also a stronghold for protesters during the Gezi Park protests. Cihangir was named after Şehzade Cihangir whose heart-broken father, Suleiman the Magnificent, had Mimar Sinan build a mosque overlooking the Bosphorus to commemorate his death. The name means "conqueror" in Turkish and, in turn, comes from the Persian compound word ''jahan'' + ''gir'' (جهانگیر), meaning "conqueror of the world". Today, the Cihangir Mosque, originally built in 1559 but reconstructed in 1889, offers views across the Bosphorus to Sarayburnu. In 2012, the British newspaper ''The Guardian'' included Cihangir and neighbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Değirmenlik Spor Kulübü
Kythrea ( el, Κυθρέα or ; tr, Değirmenlik) is a small town in Cyprus, 10 km northeast of Nicosia. Kythrea is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. History Kythrea is situated near the ancient Greek city-kingdom of Chytroi, which was founded by Chytros, son of Alexander and grandson of the grandson of the Athenian King Akamas. According to one tradition, the name Kythrea derives from Chytroi (Χύτροι > *Χυτρέα > Κυθρέα). According to another tradition, it derives from the name of the Greek Ionian island Kythera, from where millstones were transferred to Kythrea's watermills. In Delphic Theorodochoi inscription, one inscription mentions the Chytroi. The small town was watered for millennia by the Kefalovrysos spring; however, shortly after the 1974 Turkish invasion, the water stopped flowing. Other forms of the name include Chytri, Cythraia, Cythereia, Cythroi, Chytrides, Chytros and Chytria. With the spread of Christianity in Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
