İstanbul Ottomans
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| İstanbul Ottomans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | İstanbul Ottomans Rugby Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Ottomans, Jannisaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach |  Hakan Ünsal |
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| League | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| www.ottomansrugby.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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İstanbul Ottomans are the first ever Turkish rugby union team, having been established in 1999. Founded by mostly French and English rugby lovers working and living in İstanbul, the Ottomans were up until recently, the only chapter in the history of Turkish rugby prior to the foundation of Turkey's second rugby club, Kadıköy Rugby.
The club has participated in a number of tournaments taking place both in Turkey and abroad, and has formidably good relations with the rugby clubs of neighboring countries. With most of its players having played rugby way back since their junior years, they are a driving force and a role model of experience to other rugby players in Turkey.
