Galatasaray Rowing

Galatasaray
Image showing the rowing club's emblem
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
MottoÇek mastor çek
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°00′34.95″N 28°46′20.12″E / 41.0097083°N 28.7722556°E / 41.0097083; 28.7722556 (Galatasaray Küçükçekmece Rowing Center)
Home waterLake Küçükçekmece
Founded1873
AffiliationsTurkish Rowing Federation
Websitewww.galatasaray.org/susporlari/kurek/
Distinctions
27 times winners of Turkish Rowing Championship

Galatasaray Rowing Team is the men's and women's rowing section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. The club is based at Lake Küçükçekmece, in Kanarya neighborhood west of Istanbul.[1][2][3]

İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 World Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Poznań, Poland.

In 2013, Galatasaray Rowing Team won Turkish Rowing Championship Cup.[4]

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  4. ^ Galatasaray Sports Club official website