Fortis – The Fortis Turkish Cup
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF TURKISH CUP
The Turkish Cup was started in the 1962/63 season in order to attend the European Cup Winners Cup competition started by UEFA in 1961. It was also the time that Turkey became a full member of UEFA. Many European associations did not have domestic cup competitions at the time and in those countries that did, the cup competition was generally held in low esteem and often not taken seriously by the bigger clubs. It was essentially only in England and Scotland that the domestic cup was considered especially prestigious....