NEWS

02.03.2010

March 2010


Dear Beşiktaş Supporters,
We will celebrate the 107th anniversary of our club on March 3, 2010, the proudest day all Beşiktaş supporters around the world…
As you all very well know, Beşiktaş was founded by 22 brave-hearted sportsmen from Serencebey, Istanbul 107 years ago. Today, thanks an ever-growing love passed down from generations to generations, it has become a world class club respected and followed by millions.
True sportsmanship, self-sacrifice, solidarity, unity and eternal love for Beşiktaş have not only kept us together over the years but are our biggest assets we always cherish.  
Just like former Beşiktaş managements, which, through countless achievements, have turned this small-town Turkish team into one of the most recognized sports clubs in the world, we will strive to be successful both at home and abroad while working tirelessly and courageously for the benefit of our beloved Beşiktaş.     
As Chairman of Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club, I take this opportunity to observe the 107th anniversary of our great club and express my sincere gratitude to those who helped build it.
Dear Beşiktaş Supporters,
In collaboration with our Board of Directors, we are enthusiastically preparing new and permanent projects, which will be made public soon, to take Beşiktaş to higher grounds in sports and strengthen it financially at the same time. 
Just to mention few, the complete renovation of Şan Ökten Sports Complex is already underway. We are also planning a new sports facility to be named after late Şevket Belgin, who served as Vice- President for Beşiktaş. This will surely make his last wish come true. The preliminary work to establish the anxiously-awaited Beşiktaş University is gaining speed everyday. We have mobilized all our resources to implement these and other creative proposals. 
Dear Beşiktaş Supporters, 
All our projects are planned to be completed by 2023, the 100th anniversary of Turkish Republic. Beşiktaş advisory boards, made up of respectable Beşiktaş celebrities and hard-working professionals, have been focusing their activities towards this date. These boards are fully independent of any administrative body within the club and are expert at their line of work. I have no doubt they will deliver many long-lasting projects, which will bring in steady income to Beşiktaş for many years to come, regardless of who is in office.  
The empowerment and functioning of special advisory boards within Beşiktaş must be regarded as a first in Turkish clubs and should set a good example to others. Just like it has done over the past 107 years, this great club of ours will continue to be a pioneering club in Turkey everyone envies.
With deepest love and respect,
Yıldırım Demirören
Chairman, Beşiktaş JK

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