Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 19 Eylul Stadium, Adana 5 Ocak Stadium, Akcaabat Fatih Stadium, Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex, Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Ankara 19 May s Stadium, Ankara Aktepe Stadium, Antalya Ataturk Stadium, Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Bahcelievler Stadium, Bal kesir Ataturk Stadium, BJK nonu Stadium, Buca Arena, Bursa Ataturk Stadium, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Stadium, Cebeci nonu Stadium, Denizli Ataturk Stadium, Diyarbak r Ataturk Stadium, Do an Seyfi Atl Stadium, Edirne 25 Kas m Stadium, Elaz Ataturk Stadium, Eski ehir Ataturk Stadium, Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gungoren M.Yahya Ba Stadium, Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium, smet Pa a Stadium, zmir Alsancak Stadium, zmir Ataturk Stadium, Kadir Has Stadium, Kahramanmara Hanefi Mahcicek Stadium, Kastamonu Gazi Stadium, Kayseri Ataturk Stadium, Kaz m Karabekir Stadium, Konya Ataturk Stadium, List of football stadiums in Turkey, Malatya nonu Stadium, Manisa 19 May s Stadium, Mardan Sports Complex, New Antalya Stadium, New Eski ehir Stadium, New zmir Stadium, New Kocaeli Stadium, New Konya Stadium, New Mersin Stadium, New Trabzon Stadium, Recep Tayyip Erdo an Stadium, Rize Ataturk Stadium, Sakarya Ataturk Stadium, Samsun 19 May s Stadium, anl urfa GAP Stadium, enlikkoy Stadium, Sivas 4 Eylul Stadium, ukru Saraco lu Stadium, Tevfik S rr Gur Stadium, Timsah Arena, Tokat Gaziosmanpa a Stadium, Turk Telekom Arena, Vefa Stadium, Yenikent Asa Stadium, Yeni ehir Stadium, Yeni Rize ehir Stad, Zeytinburnu Stadium. Excerpt: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Turk Telekom Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in the i li district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the new home ground for Galatasaray S.K., replacing the old Ali Sami Yen Stad . The all-seater stadium has the capacity to host 52,652 spectators during football games. On March 18, 2011, it recorded 131.76 decibels which is considered as being a world record as 'loudest crowd roar at a sport stadium' for Guinness World Records. In Turkey, Turk Telekom Arena is the first stadium that meets the UEFA Euro 2016 stadium requirements. Stadium Business Awards has announced its nominees for Venue of the Year and New Venue as part of the Stadium Business Awards. Turk Telekom Arena, home of Galatasaray, is one of six nominees for the award. Galatasaray SK achieved to win the Super Lig in the first season at Turk Telekom Arena. Football (soccer) was first played in Istanbul by some British players in a field known as Papaz n Cay r (Priest's Field) in the area that is now the site of Fenerbahce's ukru Saraco lu Stadium. With the opening of the Taksim Stad in 1921, it was this new stadium that became the new football headquarters. In the urban development of 1939, the military barracks in which the Taksim Stadium was located was demolished in 1940. The stadium was thus lost. In this period, Fenerbahce bought the land encompassing Papaz n Cay r and built the Fenerbahce Stadium, while the Be ikta Club moved into the eref Stad, located in the area where today's C ra an Palace stands. It was Galatasaray that experienced the biggest problem with the use of a stadium in that period. The first steps to overcome this problem were taken in the initial years of the 1930s. The first initiative to acquire a plot of land for Galatasaray was in 1933, when the then president of the club Ali Haydar Bar al showed an interest in a mulberry orchard in Mecidiyekoy. In the period 1933-35, discussions held with the government resulted in the allocation of a plot of land