Color of Victory (2024) Movie Script
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FILM INSPIRED BY HISTORICAL EVENTS.
IN MEMORY OF HERO SPORTSMEN
WHO DEFENDED THEIR MOTHERLAND...
NOVEMBER 1918
THE FIRST WORLD WAR ENDED
WITH THE VICTORY OF THE ENTANT.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE SIGNED
THE ARMISTICE OF MUDROS,
WHICH COMPROMISED HIM
POLITICALLY AND MILITARYLY.
My boy! My dear boy!
My boy!
Praise God for bringing him home!
Brother!
Welcome back!
Thank you, father.
You grew.
You have become a man.
Please excuse me now.
...I'll tell you again
Don't come ashore again
We won't be playing for a while.
The country's situation is clear.
You'll see when you come to the club.
It's not like it was.
And the president, Mr. Sabri, is worried.
The people turned against the Unionists
because they dragged us into the war.
Defeated, guilty and enraged...
He couldn't bear it.
My body will be a ship
Galip?
You came back?
You came
I work there, in the immigrant camp.
After you left for the front,
I joined the Red Crescent.
I wrote you.
Good evening, Peyker.
The light of my life, my beloved Peyker.
I miss you more and more every day.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Cannons boomed in the distance.
Just the thought of you comforts me.
It is heard that tomorrow there
will be a great battle with the British.
If you don't hear from me again,
know that I will dream
of you in eternal sleep.
I was glad that my brother came back,
but Galip can see that he stayed there.
What's all the bitterness, dear?
He is unhappy, you are hopeless.
Weren't you supposed to
give him a homecoming party?
We give it to him, but...
after hurting his leg...
Have you forgotten what Galip is like?
He gets to his feet.
FENERBAHE 2 GALATASARAY 3
WELCOME BACK, CAPTAIN GALIP!
Run! Kick!
To head!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 3 GALATASARAY 3
WELCOME BACK, CAPTAIN GALIP!
Captain Galip!
Mr. Sabir!
Please, Mr. Ali Sami.
You are our guest, you have priority.
Good.
The match was organized in honor
of a great player of ours: Mr. Galip.
Friendship won!
Mr. Galip!
Thank you for your contribution
to the national sport and especially
for exemplary conduct in sports.
- We thank you too.
- Let's always have you by our side!
My dear friend Ali Sami said it best.
We, the Fenerbahe community, wish
the most that our
great master of football,
captain Galip, to return to the
head of the team as soon as possible.
Galip!
Welcome back to the family!
- Captain Galip!
- Come over!
My honorable gentlemen
Ali Sami and Sabri...
my beloved brothers and
esteemed football fans...
Thank you all!
Fenerbahe is an exceptional club.
Because of sport, but
also because of loyalty.
My only pride in this fleeting life
is that I belong to this club.
But no doubt...
Fenerbahe is above me.
May one Galip leave from now on,
and a thousand others come after him!
I would...
I would like to retire.
I ask for your forgiveness.
Galip...
THE OCCUPATION OF
ISTANBUL NOVEMBER 13, 1918
It doesn't matter if the Union
and Progress Committee...
wrong or not, Mr. Sabri.
Don't judge yourself too harshly.
The consequence is that
our country is occupied.
Today they raided the telegraph.
And if the bandits stormed...
it still hurt less.
I gave the enemy the keys to my office,
after worshiping the Ottoman
ideal for a quarter of a century.
It's revolting!
- Moreover, the sultan knew!
- I refrain about the sultan.
But one thing I know for sure. The
people will not submit with one, with two.
Pasha...
- Yes Dear.
- Mr. Mehmet came.
Come in now!
Enter!
- Welcome, Cambaz.
- Come on...
what news do you have
I followed our man. He's from a sect.
He is a difficult individual.
He does unimaginable things.
He has been in Istanbul for some time.
I think he's a spy.
They say he's the king's man.
He knows the Middle East well
and the dynamics of the region
and speaks our language fluently.
What's his name?
John Bennett.
Welcome back, Mr. General!
I hope you had a nice weekend.
- Did you have the opportunity to visit the city?
- Not yet.
Unbelievable! After 500 years,
here we are again in Constantinople!
We'll have plenty of
time to visit the city, right?
Here is the list of barracks and
institutions we have taken over.
Take a seat.
INSTITUTIONS TAKEN OVER BY US
Very good.
Were there any objections?
Not too many.
Except for Sabri. Sabri Toprak.
The postmaster general put
up a little too much resistance.
Before abolition, he was chief secretary
of the Union and Progress Committee.
He is also the president
of a sports club named...
Fenerbahe.
Are you writing a poem?
I don't write poems anymore.
After that letter...
I waited for days.
I prayed for one more.
Only one.
Even though it was empty.
Just an envelope with his breath.
And when I saw you again,
it was like a dream, a miracle...
I couldn't contain my joy.
I ran to you in a soul.
Galip...
- If that upset you...
- Peyker...
Leave Please.
It doesn't matter to me.
Peyker, I told you to go!
I know a very good doctor.
We both go to him...
I do not want! Don't you understand?
I don't feel like doctors, you or anything!
I am destroyed.
My body is destroyed. The soul, the same.
Tell you I'm dead! Give me peace!
You're not broken, you're a coward!
It's a lot easier to be dead, right?
You are afraid to live!
Not! Leave me alone!
But you will like it.
Leave me alone! Leave me alone!
- Give me peace!
- Peyker, run!
Get off her paws!
Galip!
Galip!
Help!
I didn't want to meet him
the Fenerbahe captain
in such circumstances.
Somewhere else and some other time
I might have been proud of your
passion for football, the English sport.
But here, fate gave us
a meeting here, Galip.
In opposite camps.
You studied at Lyce Saint-Joseph.
Speak French.
No worries.
You will soon be speaking the
king's language like everyone else.
Like you speak our language now?
You were left behind after Mudros.
Are you now fighting in Constantinople?
The name of the city is Istanbul.
You've got us covered.
Look at this!
You can't even defend a woman.
How will you save your country?
Mr. Sabir! I greet you!
Please!
I'm glad to see you again after
the meeting at the telegraph.
I can't say the same, Captain.
Some rascals without
a bit of honor, who think
they are soldiers,
attacked a young woman.
Our captain intervened.
Is it proper to treat a
man like that, Captain?
- Let me go!
- Keep calm, lame tiger!
Are you a football player
Are you playing against us?
We talked to Galip
to reach a fair solution.
A correct solution. I understand.
I've heard that wrongful
arrests are on the rise.
Does that sound fair to you?
Mr. Captain...
Galip...
I'm struggling to find you a
position in the prime minister's office,
and you willingly get into trouble! You
made me laugh in front of the officials!
Even the grand vizier learned
of the scandal you caused!
What country would this job you
speak of be in the service of, father?
What the hell are you saying there?
I counted them all! 61 enemy ships!
A huge fleet has gathered in the Bosphorus!
If we have a government and a
sultan, what are they doing there, father?
Didn't unionists like Sabir
bring this misfortune upon us?
Do you think the sultan allowed
the ships to assemble there?
It is clear that he does not have
the strength to drive them away!
Watch how you talk!
Watch how you talk!
You are the son of an officer of
the High Gate, whom you despise!
Not of the Sabri mob!
Tell him I'm your father!
My boy...
Hear me out!
Don't be mad at him!
Please!
He just wants to protect you.
Son...
There are other times.
There is no safety anymore.
He is afraid that something
might happen to you.
I'm afraid too, Galip.
Please tell Sabri to leave you alone.
Stop going to the club!
- I promise I'll get up tomorrow.
- I know, kid.
I'll come, okay?
- Excuse me!
- Yes?
- I'm looking for my sisters. Where...
- Alexandra, I'm talking!
I'm looking for my sisters. They
came last week from Razvilka.
Follow me, please.
Here they are!
- Katerina! Alyosha!
- Vera!
Vera!
Vera, look at us! I have never
worked in such a terrible place!
It's worse than the brothel!
Stay calm, it will be fine.
I'll take you from here.
Keep an eye on Yusuf.
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
I want to thank you, but could
you take better care of my sisters?
A little attention please.
I take care of everyone here.
That's my duty.
Wait!
That's not what I meant!
That's all I have left of my family!
Okay, calm down!
Everyone is safe here. No worries!
If it's all right with you, I'll
take care of them myself.
- Thank you.
- A good day!
Please allow me to take you.
- There's no need.
- I insist!
- No, I'm going there, to the club.
- At the club?
At my uncle's place, he is the
president of the Fenerbahe club.
A good day!
As!
Pasha...
Mr. Sabir, what is the situation
at the club since I was last?
As in the whole country, step.
Like all over the country.
Friends!
The dark times will end.
I am a soldier.
A commander must find solutions.
I feel compelled to believe in freedom.
To fight for this cause to the end.
You have to believe it too!
Your coffee
Thank you.
Stay, Miss Peyker. Please.
Because the enemy will do everything
he can to suppress our resistance.
The people will defend their dignity!
And will fight for independence!
How long will he have a glimmer of hope!
We can give him hope.
How come?
Doing what you know best.
With an exceptional football game.
Pasha, I apologize for asking you.
The country is consumed by flames.
What's the point of playing football?
You can do so much.
Your matches against the oppressors
will awaken the patriotism of the people.
Those in the stands will be united as one.
And hope springs here
you will enliven the whole
country, people of all ages.
From frontline soldiers to orphans!
And if we lose, so what?
Football is an English sport.
Will not the people despair even more?
Do not forget!
Victory belongs to those who persevere!
It belongs to those who
are determined to succeed!
You made me very happy tonight.
I once again wish the
Fenerbahe club unlimited success.
It was an honor, stepfather.
- We can continue at my house.
- It's getting late, Sabri.
I would be grateful if the oarsmen
would take me to the Moda quay.
Yes, sir.
Nasuhi, Mustafa, escort him!
Allow me to take you, stepfather.
It would be an honor for me.
Miss Peyker...
is there no cure for the captain's leg?
Well, maybe yes.
But he doesn't want to go.
He will.
After tonight he will.
Do you like the sea, pasha?
Sure you do.
How not to?
The sea is free.
Gifty.
It carries us all.
And yet...
she does not let herself be subdued.
Most of all, the public
needs hope and conviction.
You are a leader, Galip.
Come back to the top of the team.
Fenerbahe has a huge responsibility.
I heard how good you are.
And hopefully the enemy too.
- Be kind...
- Yes?
- Where is Miss Peyker?
- Probably in Yusuf's tent.
- Yusuf?
- Yes.
Who is?
Come on, slow down.
Very good! Bravo!
You all right?
Did it hurt a lot? Does it hurt?
Well done Yusuf!
Get well, let's play a game.
- What game?
- Football.
Do you know how to play football?
- Sure.
- Come on!
But you limp.
- I used to not limp.
- And you were bitten by a snake?
Not.
I suffered something else.
But listen to me.
If Peyker takes care of me
like he takes care of you...
I will teach you everything I
know about football. Agree?
Agree.
Enter, Yavuz smet.
- Doctor, the captain's x-ray.
- Let's see!
The bullet that fractured
your bone has been removed.
But the bone was affected
by the conditions at the front.
But you're in luck, Mr. Galip.
We can fix it with surgery.
To stay...
because you didn't answer my letters.
Galip!
Empty!
THREE MONTHS LATER
So! Run!
Throw the ball!
- Shoot!
- Pass!
Empty!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
Don't let them!
- Come on!
- Kick!
Empty!
Galip!
Not! Stop it!
Not! Please, no!
Gather the team!
Stop it! What are you doing here?
FENERBAHE 3 FRENCH GARRISON 1
Don't come to my neighborhood
Today they came with stones. What
if they turn their guns on us tomorrow?
- Should we be afraid of some brutes, Nasuhi?
- Guys!
This is not the time to
fight, but to be united.
You know the purpose of these matches.
Let's remind ourselves what our goal is.
Will we fall apart at the first
stone thrown at us? No, of course!
Let's celebrate the victory.
- Long live Fenerbahe!
- Long live!
Go to Pasalimani
Good evening.
Mnir!
Sing us something!
- Sure, sir.
- Come on!
My broken heart has no cure
My broken heart has no cure
My torment I know has no cure
My torment I know has no cure
How are things between you two?
Does he write you poems again?
He doesn't write poems anymore.
How do you know he was writing me poems?
How do you think Arif won me over?
With the poems written for you, my dear.
Whoa!
God...
My heart aches from how much I love.
Sometimes I think
that I love her to torment
me, not to be happy.
Go and tell her proudly that you love her.
I love
a tavern singer
cute, sassy and foul-mouthed!
On this unspeakably beautiful claw,
which, I dare say, is drawn
from the race of the enemy.
I love her more than anything in the world!
I love her to death!
Good evening, Galip!
I hope you find your muse soon.
Good evening, Miss Eleni.
Good evening, Miss Peyker.
Good evening.
What a wonderful evening, isn't it?
I can smell the stars.
If you weren't here...
tonight would not be the same.
The stars wouldn't shine as bright.
Nothing would be as beautiful.
On that day...
the soldier next to me in
the trenches was Cemal.
Next to him was Mushin.
After him there were Behet, Ihsan, Fuat.
The night before I had shared
a loaf of bread with them.
The night before we had
talked about the future.
In the morning they were gone.
War robs us all of something.
He robbed me of everything.
Until you found me.
Until you saved me with your love.
Is Greece invading?
Is the decision final?
Yes.
Venizelos and his army
will invade Izmir on May 15th.
With all due respect, the risk is huge.
I fear that the people will
revolt and oppose fiercely.
The Balkan Wars, the Great
War and minority uprisings
they crushed the Ottomans.
The Turks haven't gone
pink in the last ten years.
I am morally and militarily grounded.
Forgive my boldness, General,
but you do not know the Turks.
This people, whom you
believe on the ground,
not only will he recover
but will unite under a
strong and fearless leader
if any of them will rise.
The people put up a stout
resistance to the Greeks at Samsun.
Do these people not
understand the political situation?
I signed a truce.
His conditions must be respected.
That's right, step Ferit.
I run to the mountains, like robbers!
How does it cut?
End the fighting immediately, step Kemal!
Let them no longer resist in vain!
If they don't listen, delete them!
I do not doubt their patriotism.
But such tactics are in vain.
The English's orders are clear.
Either we put an end to the
situation or they put an end to it.
We don't want bloodshed, Pasha Kemal.
Of course, Your Highness.
But, given the gravity of the situation,
I will need more
authority to restore order.
I give you complete freedom to
do what is required, Pasha Kemal.
It's late, Mr. Fetih.
Are you out of your mind
enough to talk to me?
Or...
you will be obstinate in your insolence...
like earlier?
To well.
If that's the case, tonight will
be the longest night of your life.
And you will find that time
is a very interesting concept.
You will live the moment,
according to the famous saying,
and you will look into
the pit of torment...
that you will feel in your bones...
endlessly.
Tonight and maybe the nights to come,
in the following days
you will be defeated by human dignity.
Walking executioner...
you will see how honor conquers torment!
The bleeding tormented him for days on end.
But he succeeded.
We have the document he stole.
Arms and ammunition depots.
My dear Fetih! Rest in peace!
We have thousands of people on the ground.
We are spreading in Istanbul.
The troops here are ready.
We are about to begin communications.
God willing, let's take him to Anatolia.
Then we'll be ready to go.
May the Lord give!
The order was fulfilled.
The device is ready.
Well done, Arif!
- Demir's code?
- Arif will prepare him.
But it must be changed every week.
- We need to communicate with Anatolia.
- Yes, sir.
Arif...
Soon we will need
engineers like you in Anatolia.
Yes, Mr. Mehmet.
I am concerned about the
visas I was ordered to sign.
There are 35 high-ranking officials to
keep a handful of rebels under control.
Doesn't it seem weird?
- Maybe it's not that simple.
- Exactly.
Sultan Vahidettin approved the
visas according to the peace treaty.
Your signature was a formality.
It is not a measure of peace, but of war!
Captain Bennett, the
war is over, we've won it.
On the contrary, Mr. General!
I'm afraid it's just getting started.
THE OCCUPATION OF IZMIR MAY 15, 1919
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
DEMONSTRATION AT SULTANAHMETHE SPEECH OF HALIDE OEDIPUS, MAY 1919
MUSLIMS DO NOT DIE AND CANNOT BE KILLED
Turks!
The day of May 15
it was a gloomy day!
Greek troops occupied Izmir!
Babies still in the womb
they were pierced with the bayonet!
Will we sit idly by when
the blood of our babies is
spilled and the country is
destroyed before our eyes?
Not!
- Shall we be silent?
- Not!
My children!
Our glorious past of 700 years,
whose spirit traverses the height of the
sky, today watches the misfortune
of the Ottomans from these minarets!
Country
Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni cannot
exist without independence!
Helplessly!
Brothers and sisters, let's shake hands!
Let's march to an end!
Towards our only goal: Turkey's
freedom and independence!
Do only men go to war?
Behold, the bravery of
women is above ours.
Our country will be saved anyway!
You will endure carried
on the shoulders of
millions of heroes, holy
and blessed homeland!
Carried on the shoulders
of matchless braves,
you will last forever!
Swear under the tearful minarets
that watch over seven centuries of glory!
We swear!
Swear!
We swear!
Until the day Turkey regains
its independence and freedom!
Until the day Turkey regains
its independence and freedom!
- Without fear!
- Without fear!
No evil will deviate us!
No evil will deviate us!
- Swear!
- We swear!
- Swear!
- We swear!
- Swear!
- We swear!
Finally, they woke the sleeping colossus.
- Long live independence!
- Long live independence!
- Long live freedom!
- Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live the Turks! Long live the Lantern!
- Mr. Captain!
- Mr. Sabir!
It's my turn to welcome you.
If you want anything, let me know.
- We want to treat our guests with respect.
- You are kind.
But don't get tired.
We are not guests.
Remains to be seen
when it's time to leave
- We want it to be a fair play match.
- And I.
We will win, Captain.
The ball is round, Cox.
Trust me, we'll show
them how great Britain is!
Mister President,
Karnik's house caught fire.
The boys ran away there.
- Is everyone crazy?
- This I do not know.
Shall we cancel the match?
Has the match been
cancelled? Did I come for alms?
Cox!
They set fire, didn't they?
How vile!
We are not canceling the match.
I don't mean they scared us.
Send the juniors to the field.
Is this your grand plan?
Stupid!
- Come on!
- Turn it off!
To one side!
Karnik!
I lost everything, baby!
Don't cry, my love!
Thank God you were not hurt!
I told you it would only get worse.
It doesn't matter what they do.
No one can stop us, Nasuhi.
FENERBAHE 1 MISIVALIDIS 3
My boys, the purpose
of this misfortune is clear.
It was set up by the enemy.
But our goal remains the same.
Nothing can deviate us.
Karnik and Mari will
get married as decided.
How?
We have nothing left!
Don't talk like that, Karnik.
Are we redundant here?
My lords...
as general secretary, to help Karnik
with the money for this ananghia,
I appeal to the great
Fenerbahe family for support.
Mr. President, you have already
helped me enormously. I can not accept.
For nothing.
What are you doing, Arif?
Stop it, you're making me feel stupid!
I don't need it anymore.
I hope it helps you and your family.
What do you mean?
I know you are curious.
I'll tell you straight.
I'm going to Anatolia.
I will work for the railroads
and lay telegraph lines.
God willing, this is how I will put my
shoulder to the cause of our country.
Give me your blessing.
God bless you!
And when you come back?
Know?
Not.
But I don't expect you to wait for me.
I know how hard it is.
Because...
if you find the right man...
Never underestimate patience and strength
to a woman who loves, Arif!
LODGE OF THE UZBEKS
BRITISH ARMY
Many daredevils like Arif
I step through this gate
on my way to Anatolia.
Beyond the gate lies
peace, but also resistance.
Thanks to Demir's efforts,
The lodge of the Uzbeks
became a kind of barracks
in the service of the country.
- It is a good thing.
- Surely.
- Who is Demir?
- I don't know for sure. A close relative of the pasha.
As long as the country has
such people, for whom we pray,
independence is near.
The much-loved Namk
Kemal says in Ode to Freedom:
"The country mourns, because it hurts terribly
But the glory will not destroy it, but have faith"
"A yellow in the dust never
has to feel humiliation."
Well said, lad! That's right!
The Turk is a gem just as
precious when it falls to the ground.
Let's begin!
In the name of God!
These are not dervish lodges,
but burial shroud, Emirzade Arif.
Let your path be clear!
Say hello to the lions of Anatolia
and on the step of Mustafa Kemal
from the side of these trndavis here.
We pray for you.
Good luck, kid!
Marry Peyker.
At least one of us should
be with the heart's choice.
That much?
We can't infiltrate warehouses.
Soldiers are everywhere.
Finally, take them to the lodge.
The rays multiplied.
The British are vigilant.
Mr. President!
It's the expected news from Pasha.
The congress will be held in Sivas.
He convinced the delegates. Thank God!
Great caution is needed from now on.
There will be others
lurking in the shadows.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1919 THE SIVAS CONGRESS
Gentlemen!
The General Congress in
Sivas, which is taking place
in the presence of your
Excellencies, he announced the
principles that prove that the
country and the people are as one!
All the decisions of the Erzurum Congress
regarding the integrity and
independence of the country
were approved as such.
Therefore, within national borders,
the homeland is an
indivisible unitary whole!
It is enough!
You spun around like a puppet!
I broke my veil!
If I'm going to spin,
let me hear some waltz!
Come on!
British Military High Commission
decided to arrest Mr. Sabir!
For what reason?
He is the head of a secret
organization and makes
propaganda condemning
the occupying countries.
- We oppose!
- We are not giving you our leader!
I didn't even ask your permission.
Who do you think you're taking...
Guys, no!
Stop it!
Please!
No one will get hurt today!
Captain, do your duty.
I can cut off my hands, but I can't
steal my mind and conscience!
I leave Fenerbahe in your hands.
Long live freedom!
Leave me Uncle!
"My dear boys,
something might happen to
me, so I'm writing you these lines
with my last wishes."
Here are my last wishes.
Fenerbahe Club, part of my heart,
of which I was the proud president,
it will rise from now on your shoulders
and on the shoulders of other young people.
"Do not allow anyone
to detract from his glory.
Don't give in to pressure or stacking.
Fight on against the oppressors.
Win hearts not only
with victories, but also
with devotion to freedom and principles.
Do not forget!
Fenerbahe does not
belong to the founders..."
...but of the whole people.
My dear uncle!
You're beautiful!
I am proud of you.
Do not ever forget.
When I realized they were going to
arrest me, I asked Prince mer Faruk
to be the honorary president of the club.
He accepted, so please
respect him properly.
Prince mer Faruk, it's an honor.
I greet you from the bottom of
my heart and wish you success!
God be with you!
Mehmet Sabri.
Miss Peyker!
Yes?
Thanks to some influential friends,
I rented them a house in Sisli.
Near my apartment.
You have helped us immensely!
Thank you!
With pleasure. May you always be happy!
We are always happy.
But you look sad.
You all right? What's up with you?
I don't want to burden you with my steps.
No way, why are you talking like that?
Maybe I can help you somehow.
The British arrested my uncle.
He will be exiled to Malta.
I have so many relatives left.
Do not be sad! There are always solutions.
I told you I could help you.
I don't know for sure, maybe.
- But I promise nothing.
- How?
I told you I have high profile friends.
Stop by my place tomorrow.
The fourth way.
"The harmonious development of man."
The fourth way.
"The harmonious development of man.
True satisfaction is felt when
you push your body's limits
and you surpass yourself.
Did it spark your imagination?
I haven't heard of the author,
but he has interesting observations.
- Thank you.
- Savor it!
That's my boyfriend's opinion too.
You will get along wonderfully.
It matters how you two get along.
It is.
But you speak excellent English.
Where did you learn it
Few Turks speak it so well.
My uncle raised me.
It kept me dead on having
my chosen education.
Your lucky!
I can't say the same.
I was born in a very
infamous brothel in Moscow.
My mother was the most
beautiful in the brothel.
I lived there all my life.
I don't know my father.
I was told stories upon stories.
But one thing is for sure, he was
among her most loyal customers.
- I am sorry.
- You don't have to. Passed.
Thanks to my lover
I met the author of the book
at a philosophy symposium.
You're talking about a wolf...
He's my boyfriend!
Miss Peyker...
I know our first dates
weren't exactly pleasant.
But I will make up for it today.
What is this? A trap?
On the contrary, it's an opportunity
to save your much-loved uncle.
Vera, whiskey?
- What do you want from me?
- To...
Thank you baby.
...you work for the British.
Information.
Your uncle knew important people.
Including those who are a danger to us.
Like Demir.
You give me the report about them
and everything they do in Anatolia.
If not,
I'm sorry to be so frustrating,
your uncle is going to die.
You decide.
I protected your family.
I know, and I'm protecting yours.
Birjar!
Hear?
- Ali Naci...
- Galip...
- What are you doing?
- Good you?
Fine thanks. I'm glad to see you.
- A coffee please. Thank you.
- Take a seat.
Galip, you haven't played in a long time.
It probably has something
to do with Sabri's exile.
Yes, but next week we play Anadolu.
And with the occupants?
We will play with them too.
We have a falling out with the British.
Wonderful!
Your victories against the occupiers resonated
strongly in the hearts of the public.
But...
you need a reporter to spread
the good news in the country.
I want to assume this duty of honor.
We would both be grateful...
Do not stop! It's your turn!
Tahir...
Amen.
Lord, hear our prayer!
- Don't turn your back on us, we beg you!
- Amen!
For the souls of brother Emirzade
Arif and the martyrs of the homeland!
- Bless them! May their dust be light!
- Amen!
May the Lord bless our martyrs
- ...and take them to heaven!
- Amen!
For the souls of our martyrs, Al-Fatiha!
Arif!
Condolences.
I am sorry.
Who are you, Peyker?
Where have you been for days on end?
What were you doing with that individual?
- I can not say.
- Then what are you doing here?
My brother...
Arif died because of you.
March!
Don't you dare turn back! Go away!
- I did it for my uncle!
- What, Peyker?
Are you working for the enemy?
Sabri would rather die in agony for
his country than live
thanks to a traitor!
In the cruelest torments!
It's easy for you to
talk, isn't it? Judge me!
Galip, the great hero!
Peyker, the traitor!
Do you know what it's
like to lose your family?
To be alone in the world?
I lost my family in the war.
I was younger than Yusuf.
I don't want to lose my uncle too!
I can still save him!
I don't want to lose it!
I don't want to be a
heroine, I want my uncle!
Whatever you do
whatever justification you find,
you are making a big mistake!
What is this?
Is it from Arif?
Eleni...
condolences.
Any goal scored by you will be a bullet!
Play for the motherland!
Fenerbahe is above all! Let me see you!
- Fenerbahe!
- Come on!
Lantern!
Empty!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 4 IRISH INFANTRY 1
Empty!
Bravo!
Bravo! So!
Thank you.
Lantern!
- Strike!
- Empty!
FENERBAHE 5 FRENCH ARMY 0
- Mustafa Kemal appeals to the people!
- Give me one.
Mustafa Kemal appeals to the people!
So!
Pass!
Kick!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 6 MISIVALIDIS 1
The armies of the Western
Front defeated the army of Greece!
Only that? Not!
Fenerbahe defeated a team
of British officers five to zero!
"Fenerbahe beat the British."
"Another win for Fenerbahe
against the British."
"Fenerbahe v Great
Britain, five to nil."
Fenerbahe unites people.
It enlivens them, spreads the propaganda.
Spread news from Mustafa Kemal.
I'm sure it's Demir's hand too.
We have to put an end to it!
Bennet, leave the care of the
matches and look after our barracks.
A few of our people have cholera.
The epidemic is spreading.
Put your brains in your head
and take the necessary measures!
Yes, sir general!
Order, inspections and guards
of soldiers at warehouses
I am your responsibility!
If the plague spreads in the barracks, who
will guard the hundreds of tons of ammunition?
Soon your incompetence
will cost you your job!
Captain...
Peyker...
What are you going to tell me?
The decisions of the Sivas Congress.
National Forces Movement Recruits...
Nonsense.
You kidding me?
Bring me something I don't know.
I'm just telling you what I hear.
Resistance intensifies in Anatolia.
Get ready.
No worries, I'm already ready.
Peyker!
Bring me something useful.
If not, I'll bring you your uncle's corpse.
Why don't you come to bed
I have no sleep.
I think about the winning move.
Maybe I can help you.
Who taught you to play like that?
- Your customers?
- Stop humiliating me.
Aren't you used to it? Do not like?
If not, leave.
Go to the vault I took you out of.
Leave if you can.
We both know we can't leave.
We fit.
The world doesn't know what love is.
A Russian story says that
to love is not to look for love,
but to find yourself in the other.
Come on!
Come on!
Matter of state. Follow me!
Galip, I was waiting for you!
- Mehmet, here...
- Demir. Our leader.
Armed Forces of National Defense.
We are the MIM MIM Society.
The heart of the
national effort in Istanbul.
I'm honoured.
Welcome among us, Galip!
It was a ruse.
You cannot imagine
what was in my heart then.
I was balancing between my country and my
uncle. Which one was I going to sacrifice?
But...
Birjar! Hear?
When I saw the birjar, I
realized I was not alone.
That's no easy task, Ms.
Peyker. It's like baptism of fire.
I promised your uncle that I
would protect you. No way!
My uncle would be
proud to know what we do.
If it's for the country,
we will face the baptism of fire.
And so I found myself being a double agent.
Your dedication is admirable, Peyker.
But... I can't allow
something like this anymore.
Be carefree.
Bennett trusts me.
It would be more
dangerous to turn back now.
Peyker, if something
happened to you, I would...
Have you seen the comet?
Yes.
Let's make a wish!
- Did you wear it?
- Yes.
Dear fellow parliamentarians!
MARCH 16, 1920 THE
RAILING OF THE PARLIAMENDeclaration of the National Pact
it was approved with 121 votes!
To bring prosperity to
the country and the people!
Arrest all signatories!
Who do you think you
are? What are you doing?
Let me go! What are you doing?
Let me go!
How dare you
What do you think you're doing here?
It's the parliament of the country!
Let me go!
Does the noise from the
parliament bother you?
What do the friends at the club think?
Unlike you,
they believe in national effort
and Mustafa Kemal Pasha.
Like me.
I will never give up!
In other words, father, if duty calls me,
as he called Arif, I will
not hesitate for a moment.
I know, you're angry. Just hit me!
But that won't change anything.
You were right, son.
Forgive me
OCTOBER 1920 - COMMANDER
OF BRITISH OCCUPATION FORCES
Long live the king!
HARINGTON APPOINTED TO ISTANBUL
Welcome, Mr. General!
Allow me to inform you of the
political and military situation.
Please!
Ammunition depots are
guarded by exceptional soldiers.
I handpicked them.
We have 300 t in the Golden
Horn, 250 t in Selimiye and
250 t in Pangalt. Do you
have any questions, General?
We will need large supplies
of weapons, bullets and radios.
Our soldiers are preparing
for a battle with the Greeks.
We will be ready for them there.
We no longer randomly attack now.
We find out what's in the barracks
and attack the nerve points.
Miss Peyker,
will you need Pandikyan, the contact man?
I think so.
If he had to choose
between Bennett and Karnik...
I will talk to Karnik.
No way! Not!
These people are our friends,
neighbors and sometimes confidants!
No offense bro, but I can't!
Do you understand me?
You saw what the English did to us!
First they burned our house!
Then they rushed to the wedding!
I cried on the happiest day of my life!
I heard it humiliates you.
They argue with you
like a child, don't they?
Don't you want revenge?
We'll entertain them that night.
Then we will give Captain
Bennet the long-awaited news.
Tuesday night
They will take the ammunition from the
barracks in Selimiye and take it to Sakarya.
- How many people?
- I don't know for sure, but many.
Here are the ships leaving
for Inebolu that night.
Odyssey ship. Its owner is
Danon, a French businessman.
They say he does anything for money.
Captain, you speak excellent French.
Could you convince Mr. Danon
to make a deal with us?
I will do my best.
Mr Danon...
I don't count them.
I know you can be trusted, Mr. Galip.
Thank you.
I can't hide the cargo from the
inspectors and get it on board.
We will load it at sea.
20 minutes after leaving
port, the ship will turn
off all lights and wait for
you near the Golden Horn.
You have 30 minutes.
I don't need more.
Thank you.
Mr. Galip, one more thing.
When the ship docks at Inebolu,
another customs inspection will take place.
I have nothing to do there, unfortunately.
- And how do we proceed?
- This I do not know.
Are there any goods that are not checked?
Yes, but it's almost impossible.
Sealed cargoes are not
checked, but the seal must
be affixed by either the
Sultan or the Grand Vizier.
The big day has come!
It's time!
By God's will, with our strength
and the scientific help given
by smet and the other medics,
the moment of the last step
of our great plan has arrived!
- Our password is...
- We're in luck!
We are lucky.
The inspection!
Everyone out!
Only the guards remain!
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
DEPOT AT THE GOLDEN HORN
In the warehouse at the Golden
Horn are most of the radio stations.
- You understand?
- Yes.
And over 60 tons of weapons.
Every Tuesday between 21:00
and 23:00 there is an inspection.
I will open the doors for you.
I have to leave some soldiers inside.
You have to deal with them.
Wait, is it really necessary?
Yes.
That's it, stay there.
SELIMIYE BARRACKS
I know you! You are smet!
From Fenerbahe!
You fouled me, you bastard!
Everything possible. I'm sorry, okay?
Give the urine sample.
- See you at the next game, doctor.
- Yes.
Big mouth!
I inspected all the inventory.
Nothing is missing from the warehouse.
And the roads are safe.
Captain, the stations!
Pick it up!
THE ARMY OF GREAT BRITAIN
Thank you Mehmet.
Thank you, captain.
We are lucky!
What happened?
A cholera warning was given.
No ships will leave tonight.
- And when do we leave?
- I do not know. We will be notified.
And what do we do now?
You told me about Selimiye.
But they penetrated elsewhere.
Why?
I do not know.
May be...
they changed their plan
when they saw the soldiers.
Maybe they were more prepared than you.
I do not know.
Or maybe...
you lied to me.
I said they'd break in at midnight.
That's how it was.
Let me go!
Are you faithful, captain?
Faith?
I had an accident a few years ago.
I was in a coma for days.
I faced death.
I went through it...
and I beat her.
Then I knew...
because I am
God.
God is merciful.
But you don't feel
sorry for yourself either!
What were you looking for in those books?
This show of force is a
way of punishing yourself.
You know you're not God, Captain.
On the contrary!
You appeal to Him for mercy!
Are you ok sir
- What do you want?
- Here comes Aaron!
From the Golden Horn warehouse.
To live!
I left some information
out of yesterday's report.
I don't know if it's important, but Yavuz
smet was among the doctors yesterday.
A dry young man, he plays at Fenerbahe.
Lantern!
Rummage through all this treasure!
THE ARMY OF GREAT BRITAIN
You like to raid our club out of boredom.
Is that how you settle
accounts, Captain Bennett?
If I wanted revenge,
you wouldn't get off that cheap, Galip.
Which one of you is smet?
So you are smet.
What are you good at, football?
To medicine
or smuggling?
Here you go?
The Golden Horn warehouse
was broken into last night.
You must have heard.
What a coincidence!
You examined my people.
And it looks like you delayed
our soldiers quite a bit.
I am a bona fide doctor.
I have examined your soldiers.
Just like last week at the
Selimiye and Topu barracks.
Come on, Galip!
If we've made it this
far, let's play a game!
Only the two of us.
You are not my opponent and
you never will be. He is here.
You're afraid?
I looked everywhere, long live!
Nothing for now!
You heard? Come on, valley!
Shut down the club!
Close the club!
March! What are you doing?
Don't mess with us!
Back!
Calm!
- What got into you?
- Remain silent!
Pour it for me too, sherbegius.
The ship leaves at night.
At night?
Guards patrol the grounds.
How do we remove the crates?
Find a way.
- The girls are coming!
- We have guests!
- Hi!
- Hi!
Let's drink!
- No, we're on guard, girls.
- Come on, stop it!
We have songs, music!
Not now.
Thank you!
- I succeeded.
- I succeeded.
My love...
you are so Beautiful!
Turn your victorious gaze upon me.
Embrace me with your roots like a tree.
So that I may know that
we are one and immortal.
It's for you.
Kiss Me.
Vera, finish it. This is not the time.
Why?
You haven't touched me in a long time.
Do not insist.
I'm tired.
You're thinking about robbery, right?
What did Peyker say?
You brought me Peyker.
But stay out of my business.
But he took you by the nose!
Nay.
It's my fault.
I had to inspect all the warehouses.
It's the first time you blame yourself.
Do you know what happened?
Alyosha heard from a friend.
They stormed the camp last night.
They all drank until dawn.
When they awoke, the English soldiers
were among those who had fallen.
Take it!
Peyker!
Captain...
Why did you call me?
I think you like the scarf.
I didn't want you to lose her.
I'm sorry, but I have no news.
But I'm interested.
That's not why I called you.
Do you know something, Peyker?
You were right.
I guess...
I thought the devil in me was God.
I was looking for deliverance.
Love.
Pity.
And maybe even...
a change.
But then I realized that...
change would be my undoing!
I would be naive!
What gives me strength...
it's not god...
but the devil in me.
What is it, Cox?
You are lucky today.
Captain Bennett got what he wanted.
What did that bastard get us?
You've been here for a century
and you still don't know Turkish.
- What?
- Check if everything is there, clerk!
Enter!
Thank God!
I have settled my accounts
with this treacherous world
I wish I had spent my
time With family and friends
Peyker!
Leave me, death Come another time
Another time
Another time
Leave me, death Come another time
Another time
SEPTEMBER 1922
CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORY
OF THE GREAT OFFENSIVE
There were times when I felt good here,
but the goals and victories
we hoped for when we came...
unfortunately, they remained unfulfilled.
I don't want to go home empty handed.
Do you understand what I mean?
I want one more game with them before I go.
- With whom?
- With the Turks. More precisely, with Fenerbahe.
Didn't they tease us the most?
And I think they are
also the titular champions.
Place an ad in the newspaper.
I want it to be an event.
A great last match.
Let's call it...
"Friendship Cup"?
God forbid!
The Harrington Cup.
I played 40 games with them.
I only won three, one of
which was by cheating.
Indeed, Bennett, but
don't forget one thing.
The last victory is also
the most memorable.
Let's call for reinforcements
from Egypt and Gibraltar.
To send us four of their aces.
I want to crush the Turks.
Good luck!
- What do you think you're doing?
- What... Let me go!
- What are you doing?
- He killed Peyker! leave me
They will kill you! Galip,
come to your senses!
Miss Peyker is not dead, she is a martyr.
Even more were martyrs
on the altar of the homeland!
But we saved our country!
He killed my Peyker!
We still have a victory
to achieve, Captain.
I'm not done!
Fenerbahe still has a victory to claim!
You will win the match.
Ms. Peyker will be with us.
We need you, Captain!
Come to your senses!
Captain!
"We challenge Fenerbahe to a
rematch and due to its importance,
we recruited players from the
grenadiers and the irish infantry.
If Fenerbahe beat us,
we will give them a trophy."
Good! We have to put
an ad in the newspaper.
Fenerbahe unconditionally accepts
to play only with the club's players.
Since the establishment
of the Fenerbahe club,
matches on this ground
are a sublime experience
along with all the supporters
from here or elsewhere.
I haven't played in a long time.
I have decided to be your coach.
Come on, shoot! Empty!
Your captain will be Zeki Sporel.
May God protect us!
- Thank you.
- Success!
HARINGTON CUP TAKSIM STADIUM
Long live Fenerbahe!
Lantern!
Attack!
So!
PASHA ISMET AND THE DELEGATION
OF LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
The boys had a game
today, didn't they, Ali Naci?
Yes, step.
- It must have started.
- Excellent!
Come on!
Long live!
Yavuz smet! Hasan Kamil!
Referee, it's a foul!
Referee, why don't you blow the whistle?
Empty!
It's foul, don't you see?
Referee! You are blind?
England!
Referee!
- That's right, guys! Bravo!
- Come on!
It was a foul!
Fenerbahe! Head up!
It's the last match! The final battle!
Our victories will be
forgotten if we lose this match!
History will say we lost before he left.
- The referee takes their side!
- We take care of him!
They have no idea what a fair fight is!
But we know! We don't play with our feet!
We play with our hearts!
Gentlemen!
Remember!
Mustafa Kemal Pasha expects
eternal victory, not just wants it!
It's an order!
Our army pushed the
Greeks into the sea at Izmir!
Our people started a riot out of nothing!
- That's right?
- That's right!
- Agree?
- Yes!
This match is not a game!
It's a medal of honor that we
will give to the great country!
To Arif.
Three Peykers.
It is a duty to our countless children!
Don't forget who is the greatest!
- Long live!
- Fenerbahe!
Let me see what you can do!
Come on!
Referee, it was hent!
Whistle once!
Hasan Kamil, you are not
called the Dardanelles for nothing.
The British will not be able to pass you!
Let's see!
That! You want chaos!
You dribble their legs!
Yes, Captain!
Show them your strength!
Break down the enemy's gate!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 1 BRITISH 1
That's right, ekip! Bravo!
Attack!
Kick!
He knocked him down!
Kick him out!
Defense alignment!
Be careful out there!
Come on, Shekip! Come on boy!
Shakip!
The goal conceded in the first
half was the first and the last!
Got it bro?
Well done, Shekip!
Empty!
Empty!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 2 BRITISH 1
Come on!
Especially regarding Hatay...
Alas, Fenerbahe beat
the British two to one.
Excellent!
On the way back, congratulate
the boys and kiss them on the eyes.
Got it, come on.
- Congratulations!
- Thank you.
Ol!
Long live Fenerbahe!
It was a good match.
It wasn't a match.
Lantern!
Long live Fenerbahe!
All right, Captain.
Who was it?
Demir.
Long live Fenerbahe!
FENERBAHE'S HISTORIC
VICTORY AGAINST THE BRITISH
GALIP KULAKSIZOLU, THE ELDERESSON OF KULAKSIZZADE MUSTAFA,
THE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF LESBOS,
WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF FENERBAHE.
HE WAS CAPTAIN, COACH AND PRESIDENOF THE CLUB BETWEEN 1907 AND 1924.
HE BRINGED HIS TEAM
FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP TILES.
HIS BROTHER, EKIP, WENT INTO HISTORY AS
"THE GOALKEEPER BECAME CHAMPION
WITHOUT CONCORDING A GOAL".
GALIP, WHO WAS ALSO
PASSIONATE OF POETRY, DIED IN 1939.
THE SERVICE WAS HELD ATHE FENERBAHE STADIUM.
SABRI TOPRAK WAS RELEASED
AFTER 14 MONTHS FROM MALTA,
WHERE HE WAS EXILE DURING THE OCCUPATION.
HE WAS THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC.
SABRI, WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE
CLUB FOR 19 YEARS, WENT OFF IN 1938.
NASUHI ESAT BAYDAR, POLITICIAN,
WRITER AND SPORTSMAN,
HE WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF
THE CLUB AND CONTRIBUTED HUGELY
RECORDING THE HISTORY OF
FENERBAHE THROUGH ITS CHRONICLES.
MUSTAFA ELKATIP FOUNDED
FENERBAHE'S FIRST JUNIOR TEAM,
HE RECEIVED COUNTLESS TALENTS
AND RAISED THE FIRST GENERATION
OF GREAT TURKISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
ZEKI RIZA IS ONE OF THE
GREAT TURKISH GOAL-SCORES,
WITH 473 GOALS IN 18 YEARS AT FENERBAHE.
HE WAS CAPTAIN FOR MANY YEARS
AND PRESIDENT BETWEEN 1955 AND 1958.
HIS BROTHER, HASAN KAMIL, STUDIED IN THE
USA AFTER FENERBAHE, AND HIS DEFENSIVE
HE BROUGHT HIM THE NICKNAME OF "DARDANELE".
ON RETURN HE WAS CAPTAIN
AND PRESIDENT OF FENERBAHE.
ATATRK NICKNAMED ZEKI
RIZA AND HASAN KAMIL "SPOREL".
EMIRZADE ARIF ENTERED
THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB
FOR THE SUCCESS WITH
GALIP FOR EIGHT YEARS
AND HE WAS ALSO PRESIDENOF THE CLUB FOR A TERM.
HE BECAME A MARTYR AT TAHTAKPR,
WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAY.
ON NOVEMBER 21, 1919, IN THE
MATCH AGAINST DMAN YURDU,
FENERBAHE DID NOT REPLACE
ARIF AND PLAYED WITH TEN PLAYERS.
SMET ULU, NICKNAMED "YAVUZ"
DUE TO AGGRESSIVE STYLE,
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ROWING AND BOXING.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE
AND HE FOUNDED THE TURKEY
OPHTHALMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
ULU WAS THEN PRESIDENT OF
FENERBAHE BETWEEN 1960 AND 1961.
GROUPING OF MIM MIM
CAMBAZ MEHMET FROM TOPKAPI
THE GROUP WAS AN INFORMATION
AGENCY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1923
AND HAS PLAYED A DECISIVE
ROLE IN SEVERAL VICTORIES.
THROUGH THE NETWORK OF
TRAVELERS, SICKMEN AND PROSTITUTES,
THEY GATHERED INTELLIGENCE ON THE
ENEMY, TOOK TONS OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION
THEY TOOK THEM FROM THE STORES TO ANATOLIA.
MEHMET OF TOPKAPI, NICKNAMED
"CAMBAZ" BY ATATRK FOR HIS COURAGE,
HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL AGENT IN ISTANBUL
AND UNDERTAKEN OPERATIONS
UNDER THE CODE NAME "DEMIR".
RECEIVED THE INDEPENDENCE
MEDAL FOR PATRIOTISM.
THE SALARY GRANTED BY PARLIAMENWAS DONATED TO THE RED CRESCENT.
ARMAN PANDIKYAN, THE OTTOMAN
ARMENIAN WHO WORKED WITH THE BRITISH,
HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE BY
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE MIM MIM GROUP.
LODGE OF THE UZBEKS, ATA EFENDI
THE SECRET BASE THAT SENSOLDIERS AND AMMUNITION TO ANATOLIA
IT WAS THE ONLY LODGE EXEMPFROM THE LAW ABOLISHING SECTS.
INTELLECTUALS, POLITICIANS
AND JOURNALISTS LIKE SMET INN,
HALIDE EDIP ADIVAR AND MEHMET ERSOY
ARRIVED IN ANATOLIA THROUGH THE LODGE.
ATA EFENDI WAS THE LASSHEIKH OF THE LODGE OF UZBEKS.
AHMET ERTEGN, THE MUSIC
PRODUCER WHO DISCOVERED TALENLIKE THE ROLLING STONES AND RAY CHARLES, HE
IS A DESCENDANT OF THE SHEIKH OF THE LODGE.
ALI NACI KARACAN, PIONEER
OF THE MODERN TURKISH PRESS,
SPREAD THE NEWS TO THE PEOPLE
ABOUT THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER AKAM.
HE WAS A LONG TIME MANAGER OF THE CLUB AND
ESTABLISHED THE MILLIYET NEWSPAPER IN 1950.
HIS GRANDSONS, ALI AND MER KARACAN
ARE PROMINENT PERSONS IN THE TURKISH PRESS.
ALI SAMI YEN WAS THE MAIN
FOUNDER OF GALATASARAY
AND WAS PRESIDENT OF
THE CLUB FOR 14 YEARS.
HE WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE ALLIANCE OF COACHES IN TURKEY,
UNDER THE TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION,
AND OF THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.
HE DIED IN 1951.
THE STADIUM WHERE
GALATASARAY PLAYS IS NAMED.
AFTER THE VICTORY OF THE TURKS,
JOHN BENNETT LEFT THE BRITISH ARMY
AND DEDICATED TO SPIRITUALITY
AND THE PREACHING OF THE TEACHINGS
OF GURDJIEFF, HIS SPIRITUAL LEADER.
FENERBAHE DURING THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
BETWEEN 1918 AND 1923 HAD 41 WINS, 4 DIES
AND ONLY 5 DEFEATS IN THEIR
50 MATCHES AGAINST FEMIES.
FENERBAHE HAS BOOSTED
THE PEOPLE, UNITED THE COUNTRY
AND HE SHOWED HE IS ABOVE FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS SENT WEAPONS
AND AMMUNITION TO ANATOLIA
THROUGH KURBAALIDERE,
A STREAM NEAR THE CLUB,
AND THEY STRONGLY DEFENDED THEIR
MOTHERLAND ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
THANKS TO FENERBAHE CLUB
AND ITS PRESIDENT, ALI Y. KO.
FILM INSPIRED BY HISTORICAL EVENTS.
IN MEMORY OF HERO SPORTSMEN
WHO DEFENDED THEIR MOTHERLAND...
NOVEMBER 1918
THE FIRST WORLD WAR ENDED
WITH THE VICTORY OF THE ENTANT.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE SIGNED
THE ARMISTICE OF MUDROS,
WHICH COMPROMISED HIM
POLITICALLY AND MILITARYLY.
My boy! My dear boy!
My boy!
Praise God for bringing him home!
Brother!
Welcome back!
Thank you, father.
You grew.
You have become a man.
Please excuse me now.
...I'll tell you again
Don't come ashore again
We won't be playing for a while.
The country's situation is clear.
You'll see when you come to the club.
It's not like it was.
And the president, Mr. Sabri, is worried.
The people turned against the Unionists
because they dragged us into the war.
Defeated, guilty and enraged...
He couldn't bear it.
My body will be a ship
Galip?
You came back?
You came
I work there, in the immigrant camp.
After you left for the front,
I joined the Red Crescent.
I wrote you.
Good evening, Peyker.
The light of my life, my beloved Peyker.
I miss you more and more every day.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Cannons boomed in the distance.
Just the thought of you comforts me.
It is heard that tomorrow there
will be a great battle with the British.
If you don't hear from me again,
know that I will dream
of you in eternal sleep.
I was glad that my brother came back,
but Galip can see that he stayed there.
What's all the bitterness, dear?
He is unhappy, you are hopeless.
Weren't you supposed to
give him a homecoming party?
We give it to him, but...
after hurting his leg...
Have you forgotten what Galip is like?
He gets to his feet.
FENERBAHE 2 GALATASARAY 3
WELCOME BACK, CAPTAIN GALIP!
Run! Kick!
To head!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 3 GALATASARAY 3
WELCOME BACK, CAPTAIN GALIP!
Captain Galip!
Mr. Sabir!
Please, Mr. Ali Sami.
You are our guest, you have priority.
Good.
The match was organized in honor
of a great player of ours: Mr. Galip.
Friendship won!
Mr. Galip!
Thank you for your contribution
to the national sport and especially
for exemplary conduct in sports.
- We thank you too.
- Let's always have you by our side!
My dear friend Ali Sami said it best.
We, the Fenerbahe community, wish
the most that our
great master of football,
captain Galip, to return to the
head of the team as soon as possible.
Galip!
Welcome back to the family!
- Captain Galip!
- Come over!
My honorable gentlemen
Ali Sami and Sabri...
my beloved brothers and
esteemed football fans...
Thank you all!
Fenerbahe is an exceptional club.
Because of sport, but
also because of loyalty.
My only pride in this fleeting life
is that I belong to this club.
But no doubt...
Fenerbahe is above me.
May one Galip leave from now on,
and a thousand others come after him!
I would...
I would like to retire.
I ask for your forgiveness.
Galip...
THE OCCUPATION OF
ISTANBUL NOVEMBER 13, 1918
It doesn't matter if the Union
and Progress Committee...
wrong or not, Mr. Sabri.
Don't judge yourself too harshly.
The consequence is that
our country is occupied.
Today they raided the telegraph.
And if the bandits stormed...
it still hurt less.
I gave the enemy the keys to my office,
after worshiping the Ottoman
ideal for a quarter of a century.
It's revolting!
- Moreover, the sultan knew!
- I refrain about the sultan.
But one thing I know for sure. The
people will not submit with one, with two.
Pasha...
- Yes Dear.
- Mr. Mehmet came.
Come in now!
Enter!
- Welcome, Cambaz.
- Come on...
what news do you have
I followed our man. He's from a sect.
He is a difficult individual.
He does unimaginable things.
He has been in Istanbul for some time.
I think he's a spy.
They say he's the king's man.
He knows the Middle East well
and the dynamics of the region
and speaks our language fluently.
What's his name?
John Bennett.
Welcome back, Mr. General!
I hope you had a nice weekend.
- Did you have the opportunity to visit the city?
- Not yet.
Unbelievable! After 500 years,
here we are again in Constantinople!
We'll have plenty of
time to visit the city, right?
Here is the list of barracks and
institutions we have taken over.
Take a seat.
INSTITUTIONS TAKEN OVER BY US
Very good.
Were there any objections?
Not too many.
Except for Sabri. Sabri Toprak.
The postmaster general put
up a little too much resistance.
Before abolition, he was chief secretary
of the Union and Progress Committee.
He is also the president
of a sports club named...
Fenerbahe.
Are you writing a poem?
I don't write poems anymore.
After that letter...
I waited for days.
I prayed for one more.
Only one.
Even though it was empty.
Just an envelope with his breath.
And when I saw you again,
it was like a dream, a miracle...
I couldn't contain my joy.
I ran to you in a soul.
Galip...
- If that upset you...
- Peyker...
Leave Please.
It doesn't matter to me.
Peyker, I told you to go!
I know a very good doctor.
We both go to him...
I do not want! Don't you understand?
I don't feel like doctors, you or anything!
I am destroyed.
My body is destroyed. The soul, the same.
Tell you I'm dead! Give me peace!
You're not broken, you're a coward!
It's a lot easier to be dead, right?
You are afraid to live!
Not! Leave me alone!
But you will like it.
Leave me alone! Leave me alone!
- Give me peace!
- Peyker, run!
Get off her paws!
Galip!
Galip!
Help!
I didn't want to meet him
the Fenerbahe captain
in such circumstances.
Somewhere else and some other time
I might have been proud of your
passion for football, the English sport.
But here, fate gave us
a meeting here, Galip.
In opposite camps.
You studied at Lyce Saint-Joseph.
Speak French.
No worries.
You will soon be speaking the
king's language like everyone else.
Like you speak our language now?
You were left behind after Mudros.
Are you now fighting in Constantinople?
The name of the city is Istanbul.
You've got us covered.
Look at this!
You can't even defend a woman.
How will you save your country?
Mr. Sabir! I greet you!
Please!
I'm glad to see you again after
the meeting at the telegraph.
I can't say the same, Captain.
Some rascals without
a bit of honor, who think
they are soldiers,
attacked a young woman.
Our captain intervened.
Is it proper to treat a
man like that, Captain?
- Let me go!
- Keep calm, lame tiger!
Are you a football player
Are you playing against us?
We talked to Galip
to reach a fair solution.
A correct solution. I understand.
I've heard that wrongful
arrests are on the rise.
Does that sound fair to you?
Mr. Captain...
Galip...
I'm struggling to find you a
position in the prime minister's office,
and you willingly get into trouble! You
made me laugh in front of the officials!
Even the grand vizier learned
of the scandal you caused!
What country would this job you
speak of be in the service of, father?
What the hell are you saying there?
I counted them all! 61 enemy ships!
A huge fleet has gathered in the Bosphorus!
If we have a government and a
sultan, what are they doing there, father?
Didn't unionists like Sabir
bring this misfortune upon us?
Do you think the sultan allowed
the ships to assemble there?
It is clear that he does not have
the strength to drive them away!
Watch how you talk!
Watch how you talk!
You are the son of an officer of
the High Gate, whom you despise!
Not of the Sabri mob!
Tell him I'm your father!
My boy...
Hear me out!
Don't be mad at him!
Please!
He just wants to protect you.
Son...
There are other times.
There is no safety anymore.
He is afraid that something
might happen to you.
I'm afraid too, Galip.
Please tell Sabri to leave you alone.
Stop going to the club!
- I promise I'll get up tomorrow.
- I know, kid.
I'll come, okay?
- Excuse me!
- Yes?
- I'm looking for my sisters. Where...
- Alexandra, I'm talking!
I'm looking for my sisters. They
came last week from Razvilka.
Follow me, please.
Here they are!
- Katerina! Alyosha!
- Vera!
Vera!
Vera, look at us! I have never
worked in such a terrible place!
It's worse than the brothel!
Stay calm, it will be fine.
I'll take you from here.
Keep an eye on Yusuf.
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
I want to thank you, but could
you take better care of my sisters?
A little attention please.
I take care of everyone here.
That's my duty.
Wait!
That's not what I meant!
That's all I have left of my family!
Okay, calm down!
Everyone is safe here. No worries!
If it's all right with you, I'll
take care of them myself.
- Thank you.
- A good day!
Please allow me to take you.
- There's no need.
- I insist!
- No, I'm going there, to the club.
- At the club?
At my uncle's place, he is the
president of the Fenerbahe club.
A good day!
As!
Pasha...
Mr. Sabir, what is the situation
at the club since I was last?
As in the whole country, step.
Like all over the country.
Friends!
The dark times will end.
I am a soldier.
A commander must find solutions.
I feel compelled to believe in freedom.
To fight for this cause to the end.
You have to believe it too!
Your coffee
Thank you.
Stay, Miss Peyker. Please.
Because the enemy will do everything
he can to suppress our resistance.
The people will defend their dignity!
And will fight for independence!
How long will he have a glimmer of hope!
We can give him hope.
How come?
Doing what you know best.
With an exceptional football game.
Pasha, I apologize for asking you.
The country is consumed by flames.
What's the point of playing football?
You can do so much.
Your matches against the oppressors
will awaken the patriotism of the people.
Those in the stands will be united as one.
And hope springs here
you will enliven the whole
country, people of all ages.
From frontline soldiers to orphans!
And if we lose, so what?
Football is an English sport.
Will not the people despair even more?
Do not forget!
Victory belongs to those who persevere!
It belongs to those who
are determined to succeed!
You made me very happy tonight.
I once again wish the
Fenerbahe club unlimited success.
It was an honor, stepfather.
- We can continue at my house.
- It's getting late, Sabri.
I would be grateful if the oarsmen
would take me to the Moda quay.
Yes, sir.
Nasuhi, Mustafa, escort him!
Allow me to take you, stepfather.
It would be an honor for me.
Miss Peyker...
is there no cure for the captain's leg?
Well, maybe yes.
But he doesn't want to go.
He will.
After tonight he will.
Do you like the sea, pasha?
Sure you do.
How not to?
The sea is free.
Gifty.
It carries us all.
And yet...
she does not let herself be subdued.
Most of all, the public
needs hope and conviction.
You are a leader, Galip.
Come back to the top of the team.
Fenerbahe has a huge responsibility.
I heard how good you are.
And hopefully the enemy too.
- Be kind...
- Yes?
- Where is Miss Peyker?
- Probably in Yusuf's tent.
- Yusuf?
- Yes.
Who is?
Come on, slow down.
Very good! Bravo!
You all right?
Did it hurt a lot? Does it hurt?
Well done Yusuf!
Get well, let's play a game.
- What game?
- Football.
Do you know how to play football?
- Sure.
- Come on!
But you limp.
- I used to not limp.
- And you were bitten by a snake?
Not.
I suffered something else.
But listen to me.
If Peyker takes care of me
like he takes care of you...
I will teach you everything I
know about football. Agree?
Agree.
Enter, Yavuz smet.
- Doctor, the captain's x-ray.
- Let's see!
The bullet that fractured
your bone has been removed.
But the bone was affected
by the conditions at the front.
But you're in luck, Mr. Galip.
We can fix it with surgery.
To stay...
because you didn't answer my letters.
Galip!
Empty!
THREE MONTHS LATER
So! Run!
Throw the ball!
- Shoot!
- Pass!
Empty!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
- Long live Venizelos!
Don't let them!
- Come on!
- Kick!
Empty!
Galip!
Not! Stop it!
Not! Please, no!
Gather the team!
Stop it! What are you doing here?
FENERBAHE 3 FRENCH GARRISON 1
Don't come to my neighborhood
Today they came with stones. What
if they turn their guns on us tomorrow?
- Should we be afraid of some brutes, Nasuhi?
- Guys!
This is not the time to
fight, but to be united.
You know the purpose of these matches.
Let's remind ourselves what our goal is.
Will we fall apart at the first
stone thrown at us? No, of course!
Let's celebrate the victory.
- Long live Fenerbahe!
- Long live!
Go to Pasalimani
Good evening.
Mnir!
Sing us something!
- Sure, sir.
- Come on!
My broken heart has no cure
My broken heart has no cure
My torment I know has no cure
My torment I know has no cure
How are things between you two?
Does he write you poems again?
He doesn't write poems anymore.
How do you know he was writing me poems?
How do you think Arif won me over?
With the poems written for you, my dear.
Whoa!
God...
My heart aches from how much I love.
Sometimes I think
that I love her to torment
me, not to be happy.
Go and tell her proudly that you love her.
I love
a tavern singer
cute, sassy and foul-mouthed!
On this unspeakably beautiful claw,
which, I dare say, is drawn
from the race of the enemy.
I love her more than anything in the world!
I love her to death!
Good evening, Galip!
I hope you find your muse soon.
Good evening, Miss Eleni.
Good evening, Miss Peyker.
Good evening.
What a wonderful evening, isn't it?
I can smell the stars.
If you weren't here...
tonight would not be the same.
The stars wouldn't shine as bright.
Nothing would be as beautiful.
On that day...
the soldier next to me in
the trenches was Cemal.
Next to him was Mushin.
After him there were Behet, Ihsan, Fuat.
The night before I had shared
a loaf of bread with them.
The night before we had
talked about the future.
In the morning they were gone.
War robs us all of something.
He robbed me of everything.
Until you found me.
Until you saved me with your love.
Is Greece invading?
Is the decision final?
Yes.
Venizelos and his army
will invade Izmir on May 15th.
With all due respect, the risk is huge.
I fear that the people will
revolt and oppose fiercely.
The Balkan Wars, the Great
War and minority uprisings
they crushed the Ottomans.
The Turks haven't gone
pink in the last ten years.
I am morally and militarily grounded.
Forgive my boldness, General,
but you do not know the Turks.
This people, whom you
believe on the ground,
not only will he recover
but will unite under a
strong and fearless leader
if any of them will rise.
The people put up a stout
resistance to the Greeks at Samsun.
Do these people not
understand the political situation?
I signed a truce.
His conditions must be respected.
That's right, step Ferit.
I run to the mountains, like robbers!
How does it cut?
End the fighting immediately, step Kemal!
Let them no longer resist in vain!
If they don't listen, delete them!
I do not doubt their patriotism.
But such tactics are in vain.
The English's orders are clear.
Either we put an end to the
situation or they put an end to it.
We don't want bloodshed, Pasha Kemal.
Of course, Your Highness.
But, given the gravity of the situation,
I will need more
authority to restore order.
I give you complete freedom to
do what is required, Pasha Kemal.
It's late, Mr. Fetih.
Are you out of your mind
enough to talk to me?
Or...
you will be obstinate in your insolence...
like earlier?
To well.
If that's the case, tonight will
be the longest night of your life.
And you will find that time
is a very interesting concept.
You will live the moment,
according to the famous saying,
and you will look into
the pit of torment...
that you will feel in your bones...
endlessly.
Tonight and maybe the nights to come,
in the following days
you will be defeated by human dignity.
Walking executioner...
you will see how honor conquers torment!
The bleeding tormented him for days on end.
But he succeeded.
We have the document he stole.
Arms and ammunition depots.
My dear Fetih! Rest in peace!
We have thousands of people on the ground.
We are spreading in Istanbul.
The troops here are ready.
We are about to begin communications.
God willing, let's take him to Anatolia.
Then we'll be ready to go.
May the Lord give!
The order was fulfilled.
The device is ready.
Well done, Arif!
- Demir's code?
- Arif will prepare him.
But it must be changed every week.
- We need to communicate with Anatolia.
- Yes, sir.
Arif...
Soon we will need
engineers like you in Anatolia.
Yes, Mr. Mehmet.
I am concerned about the
visas I was ordered to sign.
There are 35 high-ranking officials to
keep a handful of rebels under control.
Doesn't it seem weird?
- Maybe it's not that simple.
- Exactly.
Sultan Vahidettin approved the
visas according to the peace treaty.
Your signature was a formality.
It is not a measure of peace, but of war!
Captain Bennett, the
war is over, we've won it.
On the contrary, Mr. General!
I'm afraid it's just getting started.
THE OCCUPATION OF IZMIR MAY 15, 1919
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
DEMONSTRATION AT SULTANAHMETHE SPEECH OF HALIDE OEDIPUS, MAY 1919
MUSLIMS DO NOT DIE AND CANNOT BE KILLED
Turks!
The day of May 15
it was a gloomy day!
Greek troops occupied Izmir!
Babies still in the womb
they were pierced with the bayonet!
Will we sit idly by when
the blood of our babies is
spilled and the country is
destroyed before our eyes?
Not!
- Shall we be silent?
- Not!
My children!
Our glorious past of 700 years,
whose spirit traverses the height of the
sky, today watches the misfortune
of the Ottomans from these minarets!
Country
Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni cannot
exist without independence!
Helplessly!
Brothers and sisters, let's shake hands!
Let's march to an end!
Towards our only goal: Turkey's
freedom and independence!
Do only men go to war?
Behold, the bravery of
women is above ours.
Our country will be saved anyway!
You will endure carried
on the shoulders of
millions of heroes, holy
and blessed homeland!
Carried on the shoulders
of matchless braves,
you will last forever!
Swear under the tearful minarets
that watch over seven centuries of glory!
We swear!
Swear!
We swear!
Until the day Turkey regains
its independence and freedom!
Until the day Turkey regains
its independence and freedom!
- Without fear!
- Without fear!
No evil will deviate us!
No evil will deviate us!
- Swear!
- We swear!
- Swear!
- We swear!
- Swear!
- We swear!
Finally, they woke the sleeping colossus.
- Long live independence!
- Long live independence!
- Long live freedom!
- Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live independence!
Long live freedom!
Long live the Turks! Long live the Lantern!
- Mr. Captain!
- Mr. Sabir!
It's my turn to welcome you.
If you want anything, let me know.
- We want to treat our guests with respect.
- You are kind.
But don't get tired.
We are not guests.
Remains to be seen
when it's time to leave
- We want it to be a fair play match.
- And I.
We will win, Captain.
The ball is round, Cox.
Trust me, we'll show
them how great Britain is!
Mister President,
Karnik's house caught fire.
The boys ran away there.
- Is everyone crazy?
- This I do not know.
Shall we cancel the match?
Has the match been
cancelled? Did I come for alms?
Cox!
They set fire, didn't they?
How vile!
We are not canceling the match.
I don't mean they scared us.
Send the juniors to the field.
Is this your grand plan?
Stupid!
- Come on!
- Turn it off!
To one side!
Karnik!
I lost everything, baby!
Don't cry, my love!
Thank God you were not hurt!
I told you it would only get worse.
It doesn't matter what they do.
No one can stop us, Nasuhi.
FENERBAHE 1 MISIVALIDIS 3
My boys, the purpose
of this misfortune is clear.
It was set up by the enemy.
But our goal remains the same.
Nothing can deviate us.
Karnik and Mari will
get married as decided.
How?
We have nothing left!
Don't talk like that, Karnik.
Are we redundant here?
My lords...
as general secretary, to help Karnik
with the money for this ananghia,
I appeal to the great
Fenerbahe family for support.
Mr. President, you have already
helped me enormously. I can not accept.
For nothing.
What are you doing, Arif?
Stop it, you're making me feel stupid!
I don't need it anymore.
I hope it helps you and your family.
What do you mean?
I know you are curious.
I'll tell you straight.
I'm going to Anatolia.
I will work for the railroads
and lay telegraph lines.
God willing, this is how I will put my
shoulder to the cause of our country.
Give me your blessing.
God bless you!
And when you come back?
Know?
Not.
But I don't expect you to wait for me.
I know how hard it is.
Because...
if you find the right man...
Never underestimate patience and strength
to a woman who loves, Arif!
LODGE OF THE UZBEKS
BRITISH ARMY
Many daredevils like Arif
I step through this gate
on my way to Anatolia.
Beyond the gate lies
peace, but also resistance.
Thanks to Demir's efforts,
The lodge of the Uzbeks
became a kind of barracks
in the service of the country.
- It is a good thing.
- Surely.
- Who is Demir?
- I don't know for sure. A close relative of the pasha.
As long as the country has
such people, for whom we pray,
independence is near.
The much-loved Namk
Kemal says in Ode to Freedom:
"The country mourns, because it hurts terribly
But the glory will not destroy it, but have faith"
"A yellow in the dust never
has to feel humiliation."
Well said, lad! That's right!
The Turk is a gem just as
precious when it falls to the ground.
Let's begin!
In the name of God!
These are not dervish lodges,
but burial shroud, Emirzade Arif.
Let your path be clear!
Say hello to the lions of Anatolia
and on the step of Mustafa Kemal
from the side of these trndavis here.
We pray for you.
Good luck, kid!
Marry Peyker.
At least one of us should
be with the heart's choice.
That much?
We can't infiltrate warehouses.
Soldiers are everywhere.
Finally, take them to the lodge.
The rays multiplied.
The British are vigilant.
Mr. President!
It's the expected news from Pasha.
The congress will be held in Sivas.
He convinced the delegates. Thank God!
Great caution is needed from now on.
There will be others
lurking in the shadows.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1919 THE SIVAS CONGRESS
Gentlemen!
The General Congress in
Sivas, which is taking place
in the presence of your
Excellencies, he announced the
principles that prove that the
country and the people are as one!
All the decisions of the Erzurum Congress
regarding the integrity and
independence of the country
were approved as such.
Therefore, within national borders,
the homeland is an
indivisible unitary whole!
It is enough!
You spun around like a puppet!
I broke my veil!
If I'm going to spin,
let me hear some waltz!
Come on!
British Military High Commission
decided to arrest Mr. Sabir!
For what reason?
He is the head of a secret
organization and makes
propaganda condemning
the occupying countries.
- We oppose!
- We are not giving you our leader!
I didn't even ask your permission.
Who do you think you're taking...
Guys, no!
Stop it!
Please!
No one will get hurt today!
Captain, do your duty.
I can cut off my hands, but I can't
steal my mind and conscience!
I leave Fenerbahe in your hands.
Long live freedom!
Leave me Uncle!
"My dear boys,
something might happen to
me, so I'm writing you these lines
with my last wishes."
Here are my last wishes.
Fenerbahe Club, part of my heart,
of which I was the proud president,
it will rise from now on your shoulders
and on the shoulders of other young people.
"Do not allow anyone
to detract from his glory.
Don't give in to pressure or stacking.
Fight on against the oppressors.
Win hearts not only
with victories, but also
with devotion to freedom and principles.
Do not forget!
Fenerbahe does not
belong to the founders..."
...but of the whole people.
My dear uncle!
You're beautiful!
I am proud of you.
Do not ever forget.
When I realized they were going to
arrest me, I asked Prince mer Faruk
to be the honorary president of the club.
He accepted, so please
respect him properly.
Prince mer Faruk, it's an honor.
I greet you from the bottom of
my heart and wish you success!
God be with you!
Mehmet Sabri.
Miss Peyker!
Yes?
Thanks to some influential friends,
I rented them a house in Sisli.
Near my apartment.
You have helped us immensely!
Thank you!
With pleasure. May you always be happy!
We are always happy.
But you look sad.
You all right? What's up with you?
I don't want to burden you with my steps.
No way, why are you talking like that?
Maybe I can help you somehow.
The British arrested my uncle.
He will be exiled to Malta.
I have so many relatives left.
Do not be sad! There are always solutions.
I told you I could help you.
I don't know for sure, maybe.
- But I promise nothing.
- How?
I told you I have high profile friends.
Stop by my place tomorrow.
The fourth way.
"The harmonious development of man."
The fourth way.
"The harmonious development of man.
True satisfaction is felt when
you push your body's limits
and you surpass yourself.
Did it spark your imagination?
I haven't heard of the author,
but he has interesting observations.
- Thank you.
- Savor it!
That's my boyfriend's opinion too.
You will get along wonderfully.
It matters how you two get along.
It is.
But you speak excellent English.
Where did you learn it
Few Turks speak it so well.
My uncle raised me.
It kept me dead on having
my chosen education.
Your lucky!
I can't say the same.
I was born in a very
infamous brothel in Moscow.
My mother was the most
beautiful in the brothel.
I lived there all my life.
I don't know my father.
I was told stories upon stories.
But one thing is for sure, he was
among her most loyal customers.
- I am sorry.
- You don't have to. Passed.
Thanks to my lover
I met the author of the book
at a philosophy symposium.
You're talking about a wolf...
He's my boyfriend!
Miss Peyker...
I know our first dates
weren't exactly pleasant.
But I will make up for it today.
What is this? A trap?
On the contrary, it's an opportunity
to save your much-loved uncle.
Vera, whiskey?
- What do you want from me?
- To...
Thank you baby.
...you work for the British.
Information.
Your uncle knew important people.
Including those who are a danger to us.
Like Demir.
You give me the report about them
and everything they do in Anatolia.
If not,
I'm sorry to be so frustrating,
your uncle is going to die.
You decide.
I protected your family.
I know, and I'm protecting yours.
Birjar!
Hear?
- Ali Naci...
- Galip...
- What are you doing?
- Good you?
Fine thanks. I'm glad to see you.
- A coffee please. Thank you.
- Take a seat.
Galip, you haven't played in a long time.
It probably has something
to do with Sabri's exile.
Yes, but next week we play Anadolu.
And with the occupants?
We will play with them too.
We have a falling out with the British.
Wonderful!
Your victories against the occupiers resonated
strongly in the hearts of the public.
But...
you need a reporter to spread
the good news in the country.
I want to assume this duty of honor.
We would both be grateful...
Do not stop! It's your turn!
Tahir...
Amen.
Lord, hear our prayer!
- Don't turn your back on us, we beg you!
- Amen!
For the souls of brother Emirzade
Arif and the martyrs of the homeland!
- Bless them! May their dust be light!
- Amen!
May the Lord bless our martyrs
- ...and take them to heaven!
- Amen!
For the souls of our martyrs, Al-Fatiha!
Arif!
Condolences.
I am sorry.
Who are you, Peyker?
Where have you been for days on end?
What were you doing with that individual?
- I can not say.
- Then what are you doing here?
My brother...
Arif died because of you.
March!
Don't you dare turn back! Go away!
- I did it for my uncle!
- What, Peyker?
Are you working for the enemy?
Sabri would rather die in agony for
his country than live
thanks to a traitor!
In the cruelest torments!
It's easy for you to
talk, isn't it? Judge me!
Galip, the great hero!
Peyker, the traitor!
Do you know what it's
like to lose your family?
To be alone in the world?
I lost my family in the war.
I was younger than Yusuf.
I don't want to lose my uncle too!
I can still save him!
I don't want to lose it!
I don't want to be a
heroine, I want my uncle!
Whatever you do
whatever justification you find,
you are making a big mistake!
What is this?
Is it from Arif?
Eleni...
condolences.
Any goal scored by you will be a bullet!
Play for the motherland!
Fenerbahe is above all! Let me see you!
- Fenerbahe!
- Come on!
Lantern!
Empty!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 4 IRISH INFANTRY 1
Empty!
Bravo!
Bravo! So!
Thank you.
Lantern!
- Strike!
- Empty!
FENERBAHE 5 FRENCH ARMY 0
- Mustafa Kemal appeals to the people!
- Give me one.
Mustafa Kemal appeals to the people!
So!
Pass!
Kick!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 6 MISIVALIDIS 1
The armies of the Western
Front defeated the army of Greece!
Only that? Not!
Fenerbahe defeated a team
of British officers five to zero!
"Fenerbahe beat the British."
"Another win for Fenerbahe
against the British."
"Fenerbahe v Great
Britain, five to nil."
Fenerbahe unites people.
It enlivens them, spreads the propaganda.
Spread news from Mustafa Kemal.
I'm sure it's Demir's hand too.
We have to put an end to it!
Bennet, leave the care of the
matches and look after our barracks.
A few of our people have cholera.
The epidemic is spreading.
Put your brains in your head
and take the necessary measures!
Yes, sir general!
Order, inspections and guards
of soldiers at warehouses
I am your responsibility!
If the plague spreads in the barracks, who
will guard the hundreds of tons of ammunition?
Soon your incompetence
will cost you your job!
Captain...
Peyker...
What are you going to tell me?
The decisions of the Sivas Congress.
National Forces Movement Recruits...
Nonsense.
You kidding me?
Bring me something I don't know.
I'm just telling you what I hear.
Resistance intensifies in Anatolia.
Get ready.
No worries, I'm already ready.
Peyker!
Bring me something useful.
If not, I'll bring you your uncle's corpse.
Why don't you come to bed
I have no sleep.
I think about the winning move.
Maybe I can help you.
Who taught you to play like that?
- Your customers?
- Stop humiliating me.
Aren't you used to it? Do not like?
If not, leave.
Go to the vault I took you out of.
Leave if you can.
We both know we can't leave.
We fit.
The world doesn't know what love is.
A Russian story says that
to love is not to look for love,
but to find yourself in the other.
Come on!
Come on!
Matter of state. Follow me!
Galip, I was waiting for you!
- Mehmet, here...
- Demir. Our leader.
Armed Forces of National Defense.
We are the MIM MIM Society.
The heart of the
national effort in Istanbul.
I'm honoured.
Welcome among us, Galip!
It was a ruse.
You cannot imagine
what was in my heart then.
I was balancing between my country and my
uncle. Which one was I going to sacrifice?
But...
Birjar! Hear?
When I saw the birjar, I
realized I was not alone.
That's no easy task, Ms.
Peyker. It's like baptism of fire.
I promised your uncle that I
would protect you. No way!
My uncle would be
proud to know what we do.
If it's for the country,
we will face the baptism of fire.
And so I found myself being a double agent.
Your dedication is admirable, Peyker.
But... I can't allow
something like this anymore.
Be carefree.
Bennett trusts me.
It would be more
dangerous to turn back now.
Peyker, if something
happened to you, I would...
Have you seen the comet?
Yes.
Let's make a wish!
- Did you wear it?
- Yes.
Dear fellow parliamentarians!
MARCH 16, 1920 THE
RAILING OF THE PARLIAMENDeclaration of the National Pact
it was approved with 121 votes!
To bring prosperity to
the country and the people!
Arrest all signatories!
Who do you think you
are? What are you doing?
Let me go! What are you doing?
Let me go!
How dare you
What do you think you're doing here?
It's the parliament of the country!
Let me go!
Does the noise from the
parliament bother you?
What do the friends at the club think?
Unlike you,
they believe in national effort
and Mustafa Kemal Pasha.
Like me.
I will never give up!
In other words, father, if duty calls me,
as he called Arif, I will
not hesitate for a moment.
I know, you're angry. Just hit me!
But that won't change anything.
You were right, son.
Forgive me
OCTOBER 1920 - COMMANDER
OF BRITISH OCCUPATION FORCES
Long live the king!
HARINGTON APPOINTED TO ISTANBUL
Welcome, Mr. General!
Allow me to inform you of the
political and military situation.
Please!
Ammunition depots are
guarded by exceptional soldiers.
I handpicked them.
We have 300 t in the Golden
Horn, 250 t in Selimiye and
250 t in Pangalt. Do you
have any questions, General?
We will need large supplies
of weapons, bullets and radios.
Our soldiers are preparing
for a battle with the Greeks.
We will be ready for them there.
We no longer randomly attack now.
We find out what's in the barracks
and attack the nerve points.
Miss Peyker,
will you need Pandikyan, the contact man?
I think so.
If he had to choose
between Bennett and Karnik...
I will talk to Karnik.
No way! Not!
These people are our friends,
neighbors and sometimes confidants!
No offense bro, but I can't!
Do you understand me?
You saw what the English did to us!
First they burned our house!
Then they rushed to the wedding!
I cried on the happiest day of my life!
I heard it humiliates you.
They argue with you
like a child, don't they?
Don't you want revenge?
We'll entertain them that night.
Then we will give Captain
Bennet the long-awaited news.
Tuesday night
They will take the ammunition from the
barracks in Selimiye and take it to Sakarya.
- How many people?
- I don't know for sure, but many.
Here are the ships leaving
for Inebolu that night.
Odyssey ship. Its owner is
Danon, a French businessman.
They say he does anything for money.
Captain, you speak excellent French.
Could you convince Mr. Danon
to make a deal with us?
I will do my best.
Mr Danon...
I don't count them.
I know you can be trusted, Mr. Galip.
Thank you.
I can't hide the cargo from the
inspectors and get it on board.
We will load it at sea.
20 minutes after leaving
port, the ship will turn
off all lights and wait for
you near the Golden Horn.
You have 30 minutes.
I don't need more.
Thank you.
Mr. Galip, one more thing.
When the ship docks at Inebolu,
another customs inspection will take place.
I have nothing to do there, unfortunately.
- And how do we proceed?
- This I do not know.
Are there any goods that are not checked?
Yes, but it's almost impossible.
Sealed cargoes are not
checked, but the seal must
be affixed by either the
Sultan or the Grand Vizier.
The big day has come!
It's time!
By God's will, with our strength
and the scientific help given
by smet and the other medics,
the moment of the last step
of our great plan has arrived!
- Our password is...
- We're in luck!
We are lucky.
The inspection!
Everyone out!
Only the guards remain!
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
DEPOT AT THE GOLDEN HORN
In the warehouse at the Golden
Horn are most of the radio stations.
- You understand?
- Yes.
And over 60 tons of weapons.
Every Tuesday between 21:00
and 23:00 there is an inspection.
I will open the doors for you.
I have to leave some soldiers inside.
You have to deal with them.
Wait, is it really necessary?
Yes.
That's it, stay there.
SELIMIYE BARRACKS
I know you! You are smet!
From Fenerbahe!
You fouled me, you bastard!
Everything possible. I'm sorry, okay?
Give the urine sample.
- See you at the next game, doctor.
- Yes.
Big mouth!
I inspected all the inventory.
Nothing is missing from the warehouse.
And the roads are safe.
Captain, the stations!
Pick it up!
THE ARMY OF GREAT BRITAIN
Thank you Mehmet.
Thank you, captain.
We are lucky!
What happened?
A cholera warning was given.
No ships will leave tonight.
- And when do we leave?
- I do not know. We will be notified.
And what do we do now?
You told me about Selimiye.
But they penetrated elsewhere.
Why?
I do not know.
May be...
they changed their plan
when they saw the soldiers.
Maybe they were more prepared than you.
I do not know.
Or maybe...
you lied to me.
I said they'd break in at midnight.
That's how it was.
Let me go!
Are you faithful, captain?
Faith?
I had an accident a few years ago.
I was in a coma for days.
I faced death.
I went through it...
and I beat her.
Then I knew...
because I am
God.
God is merciful.
But you don't feel
sorry for yourself either!
What were you looking for in those books?
This show of force is a
way of punishing yourself.
You know you're not God, Captain.
On the contrary!
You appeal to Him for mercy!
Are you ok sir
- What do you want?
- Here comes Aaron!
From the Golden Horn warehouse.
To live!
I left some information
out of yesterday's report.
I don't know if it's important, but Yavuz
smet was among the doctors yesterday.
A dry young man, he plays at Fenerbahe.
Lantern!
Rummage through all this treasure!
THE ARMY OF GREAT BRITAIN
You like to raid our club out of boredom.
Is that how you settle
accounts, Captain Bennett?
If I wanted revenge,
you wouldn't get off that cheap, Galip.
Which one of you is smet?
So you are smet.
What are you good at, football?
To medicine
or smuggling?
Here you go?
The Golden Horn warehouse
was broken into last night.
You must have heard.
What a coincidence!
You examined my people.
And it looks like you delayed
our soldiers quite a bit.
I am a bona fide doctor.
I have examined your soldiers.
Just like last week at the
Selimiye and Topu barracks.
Come on, Galip!
If we've made it this
far, let's play a game!
Only the two of us.
You are not my opponent and
you never will be. He is here.
You're afraid?
I looked everywhere, long live!
Nothing for now!
You heard? Come on, valley!
Shut down the club!
Close the club!
March! What are you doing?
Don't mess with us!
Back!
Calm!
- What got into you?
- Remain silent!
Pour it for me too, sherbegius.
The ship leaves at night.
At night?
Guards patrol the grounds.
How do we remove the crates?
Find a way.
- The girls are coming!
- We have guests!
- Hi!
- Hi!
Let's drink!
- No, we're on guard, girls.
- Come on, stop it!
We have songs, music!
Not now.
Thank you!
- I succeeded.
- I succeeded.
My love...
you are so Beautiful!
Turn your victorious gaze upon me.
Embrace me with your roots like a tree.
So that I may know that
we are one and immortal.
It's for you.
Kiss Me.
Vera, finish it. This is not the time.
Why?
You haven't touched me in a long time.
Do not insist.
I'm tired.
You're thinking about robbery, right?
What did Peyker say?
You brought me Peyker.
But stay out of my business.
But he took you by the nose!
Nay.
It's my fault.
I had to inspect all the warehouses.
It's the first time you blame yourself.
Do you know what happened?
Alyosha heard from a friend.
They stormed the camp last night.
They all drank until dawn.
When they awoke, the English soldiers
were among those who had fallen.
Take it!
Peyker!
Captain...
Why did you call me?
I think you like the scarf.
I didn't want you to lose her.
I'm sorry, but I have no news.
But I'm interested.
That's not why I called you.
Do you know something, Peyker?
You were right.
I guess...
I thought the devil in me was God.
I was looking for deliverance.
Love.
Pity.
And maybe even...
a change.
But then I realized that...
change would be my undoing!
I would be naive!
What gives me strength...
it's not god...
but the devil in me.
What is it, Cox?
You are lucky today.
Captain Bennett got what he wanted.
What did that bastard get us?
You've been here for a century
and you still don't know Turkish.
- What?
- Check if everything is there, clerk!
Enter!
Thank God!
I have settled my accounts
with this treacherous world
I wish I had spent my
time With family and friends
Peyker!
Leave me, death Come another time
Another time
Another time
Leave me, death Come another time
Another time
SEPTEMBER 1922
CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORY
OF THE GREAT OFFENSIVE
There were times when I felt good here,
but the goals and victories
we hoped for when we came...
unfortunately, they remained unfulfilled.
I don't want to go home empty handed.
Do you understand what I mean?
I want one more game with them before I go.
- With whom?
- With the Turks. More precisely, with Fenerbahe.
Didn't they tease us the most?
And I think they are
also the titular champions.
Place an ad in the newspaper.
I want it to be an event.
A great last match.
Let's call it...
"Friendship Cup"?
God forbid!
The Harrington Cup.
I played 40 games with them.
I only won three, one of
which was by cheating.
Indeed, Bennett, but
don't forget one thing.
The last victory is also
the most memorable.
Let's call for reinforcements
from Egypt and Gibraltar.
To send us four of their aces.
I want to crush the Turks.
Good luck!
- What do you think you're doing?
- What... Let me go!
- What are you doing?
- He killed Peyker! leave me
They will kill you! Galip,
come to your senses!
Miss Peyker is not dead, she is a martyr.
Even more were martyrs
on the altar of the homeland!
But we saved our country!
He killed my Peyker!
We still have a victory
to achieve, Captain.
I'm not done!
Fenerbahe still has a victory to claim!
You will win the match.
Ms. Peyker will be with us.
We need you, Captain!
Come to your senses!
Captain!
"We challenge Fenerbahe to a
rematch and due to its importance,
we recruited players from the
grenadiers and the irish infantry.
If Fenerbahe beat us,
we will give them a trophy."
Good! We have to put
an ad in the newspaper.
Fenerbahe unconditionally accepts
to play only with the club's players.
Since the establishment
of the Fenerbahe club,
matches on this ground
are a sublime experience
along with all the supporters
from here or elsewhere.
I haven't played in a long time.
I have decided to be your coach.
Come on, shoot! Empty!
Your captain will be Zeki Sporel.
May God protect us!
- Thank you.
- Success!
HARINGTON CUP TAKSIM STADIUM
Long live Fenerbahe!
Lantern!
Attack!
So!
PASHA ISMET AND THE DELEGATION
OF LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
The boys had a game
today, didn't they, Ali Naci?
Yes, step.
- It must have started.
- Excellent!
Come on!
Long live!
Yavuz smet! Hasan Kamil!
Referee, it's a foul!
Referee, why don't you blow the whistle?
Empty!
It's foul, don't you see?
Referee! You are blind?
England!
Referee!
- That's right, guys! Bravo!
- Come on!
It was a foul!
Fenerbahe! Head up!
It's the last match! The final battle!
Our victories will be
forgotten if we lose this match!
History will say we lost before he left.
- The referee takes their side!
- We take care of him!
They have no idea what a fair fight is!
But we know! We don't play with our feet!
We play with our hearts!
Gentlemen!
Remember!
Mustafa Kemal Pasha expects
eternal victory, not just wants it!
It's an order!
Our army pushed the
Greeks into the sea at Izmir!
Our people started a riot out of nothing!
- That's right?
- That's right!
- Agree?
- Yes!
This match is not a game!
It's a medal of honor that we
will give to the great country!
To Arif.
Three Peykers.
It is a duty to our countless children!
Don't forget who is the greatest!
- Long live!
- Fenerbahe!
Let me see what you can do!
Come on!
Referee, it was hent!
Whistle once!
Hasan Kamil, you are not
called the Dardanelles for nothing.
The British will not be able to pass you!
Let's see!
That! You want chaos!
You dribble their legs!
Yes, Captain!
Show them your strength!
Break down the enemy's gate!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 1 BRITISH 1
That's right, ekip! Bravo!
Attack!
Kick!
He knocked him down!
Kick him out!
Defense alignment!
Be careful out there!
Come on, Shekip! Come on boy!
Shakip!
The goal conceded in the first
half was the first and the last!
Got it bro?
Well done, Shekip!
Empty!
Empty!
Empty!
FENERBAHE 2 BRITISH 1
Come on!
Especially regarding Hatay...
Alas, Fenerbahe beat
the British two to one.
Excellent!
On the way back, congratulate
the boys and kiss them on the eyes.
Got it, come on.
- Congratulations!
- Thank you.
Ol!
Long live Fenerbahe!
It was a good match.
It wasn't a match.
Lantern!
Long live Fenerbahe!
All right, Captain.
Who was it?
Demir.
Long live Fenerbahe!
FENERBAHE'S HISTORIC
VICTORY AGAINST THE BRITISH
GALIP KULAKSIZOLU, THE ELDERESSON OF KULAKSIZZADE MUSTAFA,
THE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF LESBOS,
WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF FENERBAHE.
HE WAS CAPTAIN, COACH AND PRESIDENOF THE CLUB BETWEEN 1907 AND 1924.
HE BRINGED HIS TEAM
FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP TILES.
HIS BROTHER, EKIP, WENT INTO HISTORY AS
"THE GOALKEEPER BECAME CHAMPION
WITHOUT CONCORDING A GOAL".
GALIP, WHO WAS ALSO
PASSIONATE OF POETRY, DIED IN 1939.
THE SERVICE WAS HELD ATHE FENERBAHE STADIUM.
SABRI TOPRAK WAS RELEASED
AFTER 14 MONTHS FROM MALTA,
WHERE HE WAS EXILE DURING THE OCCUPATION.
HE WAS THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC.
SABRI, WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE
CLUB FOR 19 YEARS, WENT OFF IN 1938.
NASUHI ESAT BAYDAR, POLITICIAN,
WRITER AND SPORTSMAN,
HE WAS AMONG THE FOUNDERS OF
THE CLUB AND CONTRIBUTED HUGELY
RECORDING THE HISTORY OF
FENERBAHE THROUGH ITS CHRONICLES.
MUSTAFA ELKATIP FOUNDED
FENERBAHE'S FIRST JUNIOR TEAM,
HE RECEIVED COUNTLESS TALENTS
AND RAISED THE FIRST GENERATION
OF GREAT TURKISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
ZEKI RIZA IS ONE OF THE
GREAT TURKISH GOAL-SCORES,
WITH 473 GOALS IN 18 YEARS AT FENERBAHE.
HE WAS CAPTAIN FOR MANY YEARS
AND PRESIDENT BETWEEN 1955 AND 1958.
HIS BROTHER, HASAN KAMIL, STUDIED IN THE
USA AFTER FENERBAHE, AND HIS DEFENSIVE
HE BROUGHT HIM THE NICKNAME OF "DARDANELE".
ON RETURN HE WAS CAPTAIN
AND PRESIDENT OF FENERBAHE.
ATATRK NICKNAMED ZEKI
RIZA AND HASAN KAMIL "SPOREL".
EMIRZADE ARIF ENTERED
THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB
FOR THE SUCCESS WITH
GALIP FOR EIGHT YEARS
AND HE WAS ALSO PRESIDENOF THE CLUB FOR A TERM.
HE BECAME A MARTYR AT TAHTAKPR,
WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAY.
ON NOVEMBER 21, 1919, IN THE
MATCH AGAINST DMAN YURDU,
FENERBAHE DID NOT REPLACE
ARIF AND PLAYED WITH TEN PLAYERS.
SMET ULU, NICKNAMED "YAVUZ"
DUE TO AGGRESSIVE STYLE,
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ROWING AND BOXING.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE
AND HE FOUNDED THE TURKEY
OPHTHALMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
ULU WAS THEN PRESIDENT OF
FENERBAHE BETWEEN 1960 AND 1961.
GROUPING OF MIM MIM
CAMBAZ MEHMET FROM TOPKAPI
THE GROUP WAS AN INFORMATION
AGENCY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1923
AND HAS PLAYED A DECISIVE
ROLE IN SEVERAL VICTORIES.
THROUGH THE NETWORK OF
TRAVELERS, SICKMEN AND PROSTITUTES,
THEY GATHERED INTELLIGENCE ON THE
ENEMY, TOOK TONS OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION
THEY TOOK THEM FROM THE STORES TO ANATOLIA.
MEHMET OF TOPKAPI, NICKNAMED
"CAMBAZ" BY ATATRK FOR HIS COURAGE,
HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL AGENT IN ISTANBUL
AND UNDERTAKEN OPERATIONS
UNDER THE CODE NAME "DEMIR".
RECEIVED THE INDEPENDENCE
MEDAL FOR PATRIOTISM.
THE SALARY GRANTED BY PARLIAMENWAS DONATED TO THE RED CRESCENT.
ARMAN PANDIKYAN, THE OTTOMAN
ARMENIAN WHO WORKED WITH THE BRITISH,
HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE BY
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE MIM MIM GROUP.
LODGE OF THE UZBEKS, ATA EFENDI
THE SECRET BASE THAT SENSOLDIERS AND AMMUNITION TO ANATOLIA
IT WAS THE ONLY LODGE EXEMPFROM THE LAW ABOLISHING SECTS.
INTELLECTUALS, POLITICIANS
AND JOURNALISTS LIKE SMET INN,
HALIDE EDIP ADIVAR AND MEHMET ERSOY
ARRIVED IN ANATOLIA THROUGH THE LODGE.
ATA EFENDI WAS THE LASSHEIKH OF THE LODGE OF UZBEKS.
AHMET ERTEGN, THE MUSIC
PRODUCER WHO DISCOVERED TALENLIKE THE ROLLING STONES AND RAY CHARLES, HE
IS A DESCENDANT OF THE SHEIKH OF THE LODGE.
ALI NACI KARACAN, PIONEER
OF THE MODERN TURKISH PRESS,
SPREAD THE NEWS TO THE PEOPLE
ABOUT THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER AKAM.
HE WAS A LONG TIME MANAGER OF THE CLUB AND
ESTABLISHED THE MILLIYET NEWSPAPER IN 1950.
HIS GRANDSONS, ALI AND MER KARACAN
ARE PROMINENT PERSONS IN THE TURKISH PRESS.
ALI SAMI YEN WAS THE MAIN
FOUNDER OF GALATASARAY
AND WAS PRESIDENT OF
THE CLUB FOR 14 YEARS.
HE WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE ALLIANCE OF COACHES IN TURKEY,
UNDER THE TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION,
AND OF THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.
HE DIED IN 1951.
THE STADIUM WHERE
GALATASARAY PLAYS IS NAMED.
AFTER THE VICTORY OF THE TURKS,
JOHN BENNETT LEFT THE BRITISH ARMY
AND DEDICATED TO SPIRITUALITY
AND THE PREACHING OF THE TEACHINGS
OF GURDJIEFF, HIS SPIRITUAL LEADER.
FENERBAHE DURING THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE
BETWEEN 1918 AND 1923 HAD 41 WINS, 4 DIES
AND ONLY 5 DEFEATS IN THEIR
50 MATCHES AGAINST FEMIES.
FENERBAHE HAS BOOSTED
THE PEOPLE, UNITED THE COUNTRY
AND HE SHOWED HE IS ABOVE FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS SENT WEAPONS
AND AMMUNITION TO ANATOLIA
THROUGH KURBAALIDERE,
A STREAM NEAR THE CLUB,
AND THEY STRONGLY DEFENDED THEIR
MOTHERLAND ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
THANKS TO FENERBAHE CLUB
AND ITS PRESIDENT, ALI Y. KO.