Nurizade Ziya Songülen (1886

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– 1936) was a great-grandson of

Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha, ( ota, داماد کرجی خلیل رفعت پاشا; 1795 – 3 March 1856) was an Ottoman admiral and statesman of Georgian origin. He served in the periods of Mahmud II and Abdulmejid I. Career Halil Rifat ...

and his second wife Saliha Sultan, an Ottoman princess. His parents was Azize Hanim and Hariciyeci Suad Bey. He was the founder and first president of the major Turkish

multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

Fenerbahçe SK, between 1907–08.Başkanlarımız
Ziya Songülen also played as a right back for the club. He graduated from Saint Joseph's College and bought the ground where the current

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is located (then named ''Papazın Çayırı'') for 17 Ottoman gold coins.

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Official website of Fenerbahçe SKFenerbahçe Kurucusu Ziya (Nurizade) Songülen’in hayatından kesitler.
1936 deaths 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Turkish footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. presidents 1886 births St. Joseph High School Istanbul alumni Association football defenders Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub