İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the
metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
.
Branches
The club has following sport branches:
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Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
(
Spor Toto Super League),
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
(Arome Men's League),
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
(In 2013–14 season, promoted to
Turkish Basketball League
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
)
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
,
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Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
,
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Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
,
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Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
,
*Table tennis,
*Athletics and
*Swimming.
Further, the club provides activities in
scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...
.
Notable members
International successful members of the club are:
Judo
;Men's:
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Sezer Huysuz (−73 kg)
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Hüseyin Özkan (−66 kg) – 2000 Olympic gold medalist
;Women's
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Büşra Katipoğlu
Büşra Katipoğlu (born January 17, 1992) is a Turkish judoka competing in the -63 kg division. She is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. She is a student of Bülent Ecevit University in Zonguldak. She has qualified for ...
(−63 kg)
Karate
;Men's
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Uğur Aktaş (kumite −84 kg) – 2017 European champion
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Haldun Alagaş
Haldun Alagaş (November 16, 1970 in Izmit, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -70 kg division. He is multiple world and European champion and ranks first at world list in his weight division.
Personal lif ...
(kumite −70 kg)
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Yusuf Başer
Yusuf Başer (born February 4, 1980 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite open division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Achievements
;2010:
* 1st World Clubs Cup - ...
(kumite open)
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İlyas Demir
İlyas Demir (born June 16, 1985 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..
Achievements
;2010:
* Baku Open - September 14 B ...
(kumite −60 kg)
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Zeki Demir
Zeki Demir (born June 6, 1982 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -80 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
His younger brother İdris Demir is ...
(kumite −80 kg) – 2006 European champion
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Enes Erkan
Enes Erkan (born 10 May 1987 in Adapazarı, Turkey) is a World and European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg division. He transferred from the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. to the ...
(kumite −84 kg) – 2007 World junior, 2008 European junior, 2012, 2014 World, 2013, 2014 European, 2015 European Games champion
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Yücel Gündoğdu
Yücel Gündoğdu (born August 10, 1985) is a European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -65 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Achievements
;2012:
* 17th World Championshi ...
(kumite −65 kg) – 2007 European champion
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Ömer Kemaloğlu
Ömer Kemaloğlu (born April 2, 1987 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -65 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Now he is physical education teacher in ...
(kumite −65 kg) – 2008 European champion
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Ali Sofuoğlu
Ali Sofuoğlu (born June 3, 1995) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata. He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.
In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
Al ...
(kata)
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Serkan Yağcı
Serkan Yağcı (born May 25, 1984) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -75 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Achievements
;2013:
* XVII Mediterranean Games - June 28, Mersin ...
(kumite −75 kg)
;Women's
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Vildan Doğan
Vildan Doğan (born September 5, 1984, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. She is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Achievements
;2010:
* 1st World Clubs Cup – Novemb ...
(Kumite open)
Taekwondo
;Men's
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Bahri Tanrıkulu
Bahri Tanrıkulu (born March 16, 1980 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the Men's 80 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece and won the silver medal. He studied at Akdeniz University.
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– 2004 Olympic silver medalist, multiple World and European champion, 2005 Universiade champion
;Women's
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Zeynep Murat
Zeynep Murat Duran (born Zeynep Murat on September 15, 1983) is a European champion Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner. She is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Murat was born in Kayseri, Turkey. She studied physical educati ...
– 2000 World Cup, 2004 European and 2005 Universiade champion
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Kadriye Selimoğlu
Kadriye Selimoğlu (born June 1, 1978 in Rize, Turkey) is a world champion Turkish female Taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight class. She is a member of the Istanbul B.B. SK.
Geri
She began Taekwondo already in her early age of 13 ...
– 2001 World champion
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Azize Tanrıkulu
Azize Tanrıkulu (born February 9, 1986) is a Turkish taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China and won the silver medal. She lost the final match against Lim Su-Jeong by 0-1. ...
(63 kg) – 2005 European and 2005 Universiade champion
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Hamide
* Hamide Akbayir (born 1959), German politician of Turkish descent
*Hamide Ayşe Sultan (1887–1960), Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
* Ha ...
– 2000 Olympic bronze medalist and 1995 World champion
Wrestling
;Freestyle
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Adem Bereket
Adem Bereket (born Adam Barakhoyev 19 July 1973) is an Ingush-Turkish wrestler. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. He is member of the İstan ...
(Freestyle) – 2000 Olympic bronze medalist
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Soner Demirtaş
Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the Ankara ASKI.
Perso ...
(Freestyle -74 kg) – 2016, 2017 European and 2013 Mediterranean Games champion
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Ramazan Şahin
Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian-Turkey, Turkish freestyle Sport wrestling, wrestler of Chechen people, Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Champio ...
(Freestyle 66 kg) – 2008 Olympic gold medalist, 2007 World and 2008 European champion
;Greco-Roman
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Aslan Atem (Greco-Roman -80 kg)
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Metehan Başar (Greco-Roman -85 kg)
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Şeref Eroğlu
Şeref Eroğlu (born 25 November 1975, in Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish wrestler. He is the current president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation.
Career
He was born on November 25, 1975, in Dereköy, Kahramanmaraş. He started wrestling wit ...
(Greco-Roman) – 2004 Olympic silver medalist, 1997 World and multiple European champion
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Mehmet Özal
Mehmet Özal (born 31 October 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won ...
(Greco-Roman) – 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, 2002 World champion
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Hamza Yerlikaya
Hamza Yerlikaya (born June 6, 1976, in Kadıköy, Istanbul) is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time (in 1996 and 2000) Olympic champion, three-time World Champion (1993, 1995, and 2005), and the first Turkish wrestler to become ...
(Greco-Roman) – 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist, multiple World, European and 1997 Mediterranean Games champion
Football
References
External links
http://www.istanbulbbsk.org/
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Sport in Istanbul
Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
1990 establishments in Turkey
Sports clubs established in 1990