Beลiktaล Gymnastics Club is a sports organization founded in Istanbul in 1903. The club, which was first established under the name Beลiktaล Bereket Gymnastics Club, was registered as Beลiktaล Ottoman Gymnastics Club on January 26, 1911, with the support of Beyoฤlu Governor Muhittin Bey, making it the first official sports club of Turkey.
Beลiktaล, one of the six clubs that have won the Super League championship in Turkish football since 1959, is also among the four clubs that carry a star and crescent on their coat of arms.
Today, the club competes at the first league level with men's and women's football, men's, women's and disabled basketball, men's handball and women's volleyball teams. In addition, it operates in many branches such as athletics, kick-boxing, boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, gymnastics, rowing, table tennis, chess and e-sports.
The men's basketball team has been the champion of the Turkish Basketball League twice since 1933 and has won the 2nd League, the Turkish Cup and the Presidential Cup once each. He added the club's first major success in Europe with the EuroChallenge victory in the 2011-12 season.
The women's basketball team won the championship three times in the Women's Basketball Super League and won the Women's Presidential Cup once. By advancing to the EuroCup final in the 2023-2024 season, it reached this stage for the first time in history and finished in second place with the team that made it to the final.
Founded in 2003, Beลiktaล wheelchair basketball team has won the Super League championship four times, the Andre Vergauwen Cup once and the Willi Brinkmann Cup once.
The women's volleyball team has won the Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship and the Federation Cup once since 1961, and has won the championship in the Balkan Cup four times; It reached the CEV Challenge Cup final in the 2013โ14 season.
The men's volleyball team was founded in 1986 and became champions once in the Istanbul Men's Volleyball League and the Federation Cup; It was closed by the decision of the club management on July 3, 2019.
The men's handball team has won the Turkish Men's Handball Super League 17 times, the Turkish Cup 16 times and the Super Cup 10 times since 1986.
Beลiktaล has an important place in Turkish sports history by winning 127 cups in all branches, including a total of 53 national league championships, 37 Turkish Cups, 30 Presidential Cups, 6 Prime Ministry Cups and 1 Atatรผrk Cup.
