"By knocking Sevilla out of the Champions League, Fenerbahçe joined a pair of Turkish teams that have made it to the last eight in European Cups.
Long before Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe enjoyed overseas success, Göztepe had qualified for the last four of the Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup, the former name of the UEFA Cup, in 1968-69. Now it plies its trade in the amateur league, the fifth tier of Turkish football, but the Izmir side's achievement remains. Galatasaray's first major success was when it qualified for the European Cup semifinal in 1988-89. Five years later, the Lions qualified for the eight-team Champions League, stunning Manchester United in the pre-elimination round. The Istanbul team's climax came in the new millennium, when it won the UEFA Cup and Super Cup in 2000 and reached the quarterfinals in the Champions League the following year. "

Kaynak: Turkish Daily News