Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: , English: Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club), also known simply as Beşiktaş, is a Turkish multi-sport club founded in 1903, and based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team is one of the most successful teams in Turkey, having never been relegated to a lower division. The club won the most recent Turkish Süper Lig championship, during the 2016–17 season. The home ground of Beşiktaş is Vodafone Park, a 41,903 all-seater capacity stadium located next to Dolmabahçe Palace. The club also competes in other branches including basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, boxing, wrestling, chess, bridge, gymnastics, rowing, table tennis, paralympic sports, eSports, and beach football.
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District of Istanbul, Turkey
Beşiktaş is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the district of Üsküdar.