İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (football)
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches The club has following sport branches: *Football ( Spor Toto Super League), *Volleyball (Arome Men's League), *Basketball (In 2013–14 season, promoted to Turkish Basketball League) *Wrestling, *Karate, *Taekwondo, *Judo, *Table tennis, *Athletics and *Swimming. Further, the club provides activities in scouting. Notable members International successful members of the club are: Judo ;Men's: * Sezer Huysuz (−73 kg) * Hüseyin Özkan (−66 kg) – 2000 Olympic gold medalist ;Women's *Büşra Katipoğlu (−63 kg) Karate ;Men's * Uğur Aktaş (kumite −84 kg) – 2017 European champion *Haldun Alagaş (kumite −70 kg) *Yusuf Başer (kumite open) *İlyas Demir (kumite −60 kg) *Zeki Demir (kumite −80 kg) – 2006 European champion *Enes Erkan (kumite −84 kg) – 2007 W ...
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Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ...
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