Nişantaşıspor is a Turkish football club located in

Şişli Şişli () is one of the 39 districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş to the east, Sarıyer to the north, Eyüp and Kağıthane to the west, and Beyoğlu to the south. In 2009, Şiş ...

, Turkey.

History

Nişantaşıspor was unofficially founded in 1907, and officially in 1914. Nişantaşıspor spent most of its entire career in amateur leagues in Turkey. They were bought by the Gülenist organization FETÖ headed by

Fethullah Gülen Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (born 27 April 1941) is a Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher, and a one-time opinion leader, as de facto leader of the Gülen movement. Gülen is designated an influential neo-Ottomanist, Anatolian panethnicist, Isl ...

, and reached their peak in the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

for the 1996–97 season. This link was exposed early on, and FETÖ left the club as they got relegated into the amateur leagues.

Colours and badge

Nişantaşıspor's colours are blue and red.

References

External links

Official website

TFF Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nisantasispor Football clubs in Turkey Association football clubs established in 1914 Sport in Şişli