Mustafa Sadık Giz (1911 – 1979) was a Turkish

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and former chairman of the Turkish sports club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

Biography

Giz was born in Söke, Aydın, in 1911. He was a close relative of political leader and former Turkish

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Adnan Menderes Ali Adnan Ertekin Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of ...

. Giz was a cofounder of the Democratic Party in 1946. He was elected three times as member of

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from Democratic Party as deputy of

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. In 1957 he was elected as

President until 1959. Although there was no national football league established in Turkey in 1950's,

won an Istanbul League title, while Giz was the president. During his tenure he bought the Galatasaray Islet. He died on 31 January 1979.

References

Başkanlarımız
Galatasaray Official website

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giz, Sadik 1911 births 1979 deaths Galatasaray S.K. presidents People from Söke Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960) politicians Turkish political party founders