GALATASARAY.ORG

Galatasaray is a Turkish football club which was founded in Istanbul in 1905. The club won 15 national championships and 13

Turkey cups. Year 2000 has been the golden year for the 'Red Lions' while they were winning both UEFA cup and European

Super Cup without losing any single match. Being the biggest football club in Turkey, Galatasaray has more than 15 million spectators.

As a result of this huge popularity, Galatasaray has hundreds of unofficial web sites. But galatasaray.org is the only official web site of the club.

As you enter the website, you are first introduced with a fresh picture about players, transfers or events of the club, which was posted weekly.

At the default page you can see the official sponsors of the club and 2 language version options. Turkish version is more complicated 

with advertisements and the news are freshly updated.  But English version is more solid and understandable. There are no fading graphics

but the homepage is visually attractive. The page layout and graphic design is very well designed. The homepage presents clear navigation

while concentrating on the important aspects of the club. Internet explorer 5.5 or better versions and 1024 x 768 give the best resolution for the web site.

The Turkish version is complicated as it is sometimes hard to find the information that is needed. With the help of the navigation bars on the left

and at the top of the page,  you can get any information about the club.

Current members can log on with their mail addresses and passwords and can join the mail list of the web site.

New members can easily sign up and be the official member of the web site.

Almost every image on the web page are clickable and take the customer to information relating to the icon they have selected. 

Hypertext links also guide the site visitor to additional information on the site.

The site map also contains lots of links to the web sites of the sponsors and on-line shopping site of the club.

The members of the web site have discounts and other advantages at this shopping site.