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| Full name | Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü |
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| Nickname(s) |
Kara Kartallar (Black Eagles) Siyah Beyazlılar (Black and Whites) |
| Short name | BJK |
| Founded | 4 March 1903, as Beşiktaş Bereket Jimnastik Kulübü |
| Ground |
Vodafone Park Istanbul, Turkey |
| Capacity | 41,903 |
| Chairman | Fikret Orman |
| Manager | Şenol Güneş |
| League | Süper Lig |
| 2016–17 | Süper Lig, 1st |
| Website | Club website |
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| Athletics | Basketball (Men's) (Women's) |
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| Bridge | Chess | e-Sports |
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| Football (Men's) (Women's) |
Gymnastics | Handball (Men's) |
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| Rowing | Table tennis | Volleyball (Men's) (Women's) |
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| Wheelchair Basketball | Wrestling | |
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [beˈʃiktaʃ], English: Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club), known as simply Beşiktaş, is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903, and based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul.
The club's football team is one of the most successful teams in Turkey, having never been relegated to a lower division. The club last won the Turkish Süper Lig championship during the 2016–17 season.
The home ground of Beşiktaş is Vodafone Park, a 41,903 all-seater capacity stadium located next to Dolmabahçe Palace.
The club also competes in other branches including basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, boxing, wrestling, chess, bridge, gymnastics, rowing, table tennis, paralympic sports, eSports and beach football.
Bereket Gymnastic Club was founded under special permission on 4 March 1903. Their sporting activities gained more freedom with the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in 1908. After the political events of 31 March 1909, Fuat Balkan and Mazhar Kazancı, who were in Edirne, came to Istanbul with the Movement Army. After the political events settled down, Fuat Balkan, who was a good fencing coach, and Mazhar Kazancı, a good wrestler and weight lifter, found the youths involved in gymnastics in Serencebey and got them to agree to participate in sports together. Refik and Şerafettin Beys, friends of Fuat Bey, were also good fencers. Fuat Balkan made the space under his home in Ihlamur the Club’s headquarters, and the title of Bereket Gymnastics Club was changed to Beşiktaş Ottoman Gymnastics Club. Thus, a stronger sports club, where gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, fencing and athletics were emphasized, was formed. Founding member Mehmet Şamil Şhaplı was elected the first president of the club.
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