Altay Spor Kulübü (English: Altay Sports Club) is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of İzmir. Formed in 1914, Altay are nicknamed Büyük Altay (Great Altay). The club colours are black and white, and they play their home matches at İzmir Alsancak Stadium.

Domestically, the club has finished third place for the Süper Lig three times and have won the Türkiye Kupası twice. They hold the record for most Izmir Football League titles with 15. They are the most successful İzmir-based club with 16 championships in various competitions.

Altay was founded in 1914 in İzmir as İstiklal. The initial aim of the club was to unite Turkish youth under sporting activities and to encourage them, because in the 1910’s minorities dominated sporting activities in İzmir. Under Ottoman rule, Turkish footballers were unable to compete. Altay was supported by Turkish politicians of the era. Celal Bayar worked very hard in foundation of the club and gave his full support.^{[citation needed]}

Altay has an important place in Turkey's football history. The club had a key role in uniting the Turkish community during the Turkish War of Independence.^{[citation needed]} Many players and supporters of Altay SK lost their lives in the Turkish War.^{[citation needed]} After the Surname Law was adopted, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave General Fahreddin Pasha the surname of “Altay”. Altay play in the former Stadium of Panionios and also use the former offices of the same club.

South Korea ( listen), officially the Republic of Korea (Hangul: 대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk  listen), is a sovereign state in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The name "Korea" is derived from Goryeo, a dynasty which ruled in the Middle Ages (an initial "G" in Korean is pronounced like an English "K").

Its neighbors are China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the Korea Strait to the south. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone with a predominantly mountainous terrain. It covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers and has a population of almost 50 million. The capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of 9,794,304.

Archaeological findings show that the Korean Peninsula was occupied by the Lower Paleolithic period.Korean history begins with the founding of Gojoseon in 2333 BC by the legendary Dan-gun. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea under Silla 668 AD, Korea went through the Goryeo Dynasty and Joseon Dynasty as one nation until the end of the Korean Empire in 1910, when it was annexed by Japan. After liberation and occupation by Soviet and U.S. forces at the end of World War II, the nation was divided into North and South Korea. The latter was established in 1948 as a democracy, though political turmoil and times of military rule and martial law characterized much of the period until the foundation of the Sixth Republic in 1987.

Sinan Kaloğlu (born 10 June 1981 in Ovacık) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a striker for Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig.

Kaloğlu made his first appearance Turkey national team on 12 April 2006 against Azerbaijan in Tofik Bakhramov Stadium.

Mustafa Can (born October 15, 1969 in Turkey) is a Swedish author and journalist. His first novel Tätt intill dagarna was published in 2006.