TC17GS was QRV between 1 June 2008 / 15 June 2008.

We announced that all the QSL cards will be send by the end of August 2008. http://www.ta0u.com/detay.asp?id=4268

But. For all the Countries which is listed in the next link, all the QSL cards are send " Via Bureau " to the announced mail adress. on 26- July -2008 . The rest will be send by the end of August 2008

http://www.ta0u.com/detay.asp?id=4274

Thank you for your attendance to TC17GS event for the 17th Championship of Galatasaray.

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A Special Award will be sent for the contacts / two different bands and a Special QSL Card will be sent for all contacts via mail - direct / buro.

According to my logs, a total of 4716 conctacts were made, ( 2684 QSO on 20m / 2032 QSO on 40m ) 1028 of whom in two different bands (20m / 40m) and they may be awarded. If you want to receive the Special AWARD for TC17GS pls send your logs along with 10 Euro / 15 USD to the following mail address .

PO Box 17 34734 Sahra-i Cedid Kozyatagi / Istanbul Republic of TURKİYE

Call Sign - frq - date - utc - report / for 20 m - 40m

QSL cards will be sent via mail starting from the end of August 2008.

You may find more and detailed information with lots of pictures about GALATASARAY and TC17GS in a dedicated corner on the web site . www.ta0u.com or from the following link http://www.ta0u.com/galatasaray.asp

I sincerely thank those who participated in the event and piled up. and another special thanks to the Press and Radio Amateurs for announcing and advertising the activity. on the webs, tv, etc

Pls do not hesitate to contact me for any requests and/or questions !

Hope to hear you on the frq !!!

Best regards

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The main page for TC17GS is *** www.ta0u.com ***

* * TC17GS it s a special event call signe for 17th Championship of GALATASARAY.

Recently, Galatasaray has won the 2007-2008 Turkish Super League title and will be one of the two teams representing Turkey in the 2008-2009 Champions League.

" " THE HISTORY WRITES THE TRUTH AND GALATASARAY WRITES THE HISTORY " "

"FIRST"S AND "MOST"S OF GALATASARAY

GALATASARAY: The FIRST team to win all the cups in Europe that it has competed for. The FIRST team to be founded in Turkey (1905). The FIRST team to receive the State Honorary Medal. The FIRST and ONLY team to win the UEFA Cup without any defeats. The FIRST team to get the "Three Stars". The FIRST champion of the Turkish Super League. The FIRST and only Turkish team to represent Europe in the World Clubs' Championship. The FIRST Turkish team to get to the quarters in the Champions league. The FIRST and ONLY Turkish team to play in the Semifinals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The FIRST football team to win the Istanbul Championship. (1907-1908) The FIRST team to ever win abroad.(1911) The FIRST football team to represent Turkey abroad.(1911) The FIRST Turkish team to join the Campions League. The FIRST and ONLY team to win the UEFA Cup in the Balkans. The FIRST Turkish team to win the most matches in their fieald consequetively (20 times). The FIRST and ONLY Turkish team to win the UEFA Cup The FIRST and ONLY Turkish team to be the European Champion. The FIRST and ONLY Turkish team the win the Super Cup. The FIRST Turkish team to finish the Turkish Football Season undefeated. (1985-1986).

The team with the MOST consequtive championships (4 times) The team to join the European Champions League at MOST. (18 times) The team to win the Turkish Sport Writers Cup the MOST. (10 times) The team to win the Turkey Cup the MOST. (14 times) The team to win the Presidential Cup the MOST. (10 times) The only Turkish team to play the MOST amount of matches in the European Cups. The only Turkish team to score the MOST goals in a season. (105 goals) The only Turkish team to win the MOST amount of cups in the Turkiesh Leagues. (56 Cups)

Galatasaray's finishing positions in Turkish League since 1959.

Galatasaray was founded in the autumn of 1905, by Galatasaray Lisesi students as a football club. Galatasaray's first president was Ali Sami Yen. Their first match was against Kadıköy Faure School and they won this match 2–0. There were discussions about the clubs name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray.

According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2–0 over Rûm club and the spectators called them "Galata Sarayı efendileri" (in English: Gentlemen of Galata Palace), and, after this event, they adopted that name and started to call their club "Galata Sarayı". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.

This was how the first Turkish football club was founded. Among with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.

At first, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white. These are the colors in Turkish flag. However, Turkish Republic was not founded at that time. Therefore, this inspiration caused repressive administration of the day feel uncomfortable and the administration hounded the footballers. For this reason, the colors were changed.

New colors were chosen as red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen stated, "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another." It eventually did.

Since there were not any Turkish teams, Galatasaray joined the Istanbul League that was consisting of English and Greek teams in the season of 1905–1906. With their first championship title they won in 1907–1908, they heralded the beginning of Turkish football history.

While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles, six Sunday League titles and three Friday League titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but nonnational league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles.

Türkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi (today it is organized with the name Turkcell Super League) formed in 1959. This is the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 17 league titles since then.

The Turkish Football Federation starts to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Fortis Turkey Cup) in the 1962–63 season for Turkish clubs to qualify for the UEFA competitions. This is the only national cup competition in Turkey. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 14 trophies since then.

Probably the greatest record that club holds is winning national championships in 15 different sport branches in 1986–87 season.

Winners of the European Super Cup 2000, smiling and celebrating.

Galatasaray's most successful era came in late 1990s, when the club won the UEFA Cup and European Super Cup and becoming the first Turkish football club ever to win a European trophy. They were aided in this by one of Turkey's best generation of home grown footballers who went on to finish third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and played quarter finals of UEFA Euro 2000. Besides the talented players, visiting teams also disliked traveling into Ali Sami Yen Stadium which is literally called "Hell" by the supporters of Galatasaray due to the intimidating atmosphere provided by the fans including chants and riots in the crowds.

Galatasaray is the only team to have won the Turkish League title, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in the same season. Galatasaray holds the record of winning four consecutive Turkish league titles, which all of these came under the coaching of Fatih Terim and the visionary club president Faruk Süren.

There are many successful footballers played for Galatasaray and made their mark on Turkish football history. Few examples may be 1930s national hero Eşfak Aykaç, Boduri who died aged 21, Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of 14 goals in single match, Gündüz Kılıç nicknamed Baba (father) who was the coach but also the player of his team in 1950s with great success on both, Bülent-Reha Eken brothers, Suat Mamat who made a hat-trick in 1954 FIFA World Cup, Coşkun Özarı a life devoted to Galatasaray, Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper that called "the Panther of Berlin", Fatih Terim the team captain of Galatasaray and Turkish National Football team for years and the current coach, Metin Oktay the legendary six time top scorer of Turkish league, Zoran Simović another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves, Cüneyt Tanman who played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray, Tanju Çolak an extraordinary goalscorer and European Golden Boot 1988 winner with Galatasaray, Cevad Prekazi an Albanian teammate of Tanju specializing in free kicks, Taffarel the world cup winner goalkeeper of Brazil, Gheorghe Hagi Romanian football hero that still described as the best foreign player ever to play in Turkey, and last but not least, Hakan Şükür, the player who scored most goals in the first division of Turkish football history (249 goals) and still scoring.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü also referred to as Galatasaray SK, Galatasaray AS or simply Galatasaray is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, famous for its football section. Galatasaray S.K. was founded in 1905, by Ali Sami Yen and his fellows from the prestigious Galatasaray High School. Galatasaray is the most successful club in the history of Turkish football, having won more trophies than any other Turkish club.

Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team as well. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title, beating Arsenal of England in UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season. They lifted another prestige trophy when they beat Los Galácticos, the UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid, in the Super Cup same year. Galatasaray topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January 2001.

The club also operates amateur sport teams that compete at Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo and Motorsports (Superleague Formula). These include Galatasaray Café Crown and Galatasaray S.K. Voleybol. There are other now-defunct branches that used to represent the club with success, including the inspirational season in 1987, when Galatasaray won titles in 16 different sports.