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Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (English: Fenerbahçe Sports Club) (Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾbaht͡ʃɛ]) is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The club's name comes from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. Fenerbahçe is a multi-sports club and competes in football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, sailing, rowing, boxing and table tennis with many major honours won in each branch. The club is also one of the major contributors of Turkish representatives for the Olympic Games.[citation needed] The club has 219.456 members as of 12 September 2011.[citation needed]