Istanbul's control over Turkish football, especially in recent years, is almost complete.
The big three, Fenerbahce - Glatsray - in Shiktash, have won 72 of the 92 championships on the table since the league was founded, and when they failed to do so two years ago, the one who stole the title was Istanbul in Shakespeare.
This dominance managed to make a little forget the fact that it was not always like that, and that there are more cities and other good football teams in Turkey.
This marginal detail this season tries to mention Trabzonspor, and in the meantime she is doing it excellently.
Once upon a time, the team from Trabzon dominated the league.
Between 1975 and 1984, the team won six championships, and when it did not, it finished in second place three times.
It was the heyday under coach Ahmet Zoet Oziazichi, but in 1984 he left and with him went the heyday and the titles.
Although Trabzonspor remained at the top, she suffered a great deal of misfortune.
Six times she finished in third place and four times in second place, and the peak came two years ago.
Trabzonspor was in a great season and led the table, but then came the Corona virus and stopped football and its momentum.
When the games came back in June, she had won just three of the last eight rounds and lost the title.
This season may have ended with a ninth cup win and first since 2010, but the big goal remains a first championship since 1984.
12 rounds within the current season, and the feeling is that this time it is possible.
The team from Trabzon leads the table with a gap of seven points over the second-placed Taispor and Koniaspor.
She is nine points away from Glatsray, she is already 10 points ahead of the champion in Shiktash, and also double-digit from Fenerbahce and Istanbul in Shakespeare.
Everything connects, even in training.
Wakma and Hamshik, Photo: Trabzonspor's Twitter Page,
"Our hobby is forever"
Trabzonspor prides itself on being one of the only teams in Europe unbeaten this season in the league (along with AC Milan and Napoli), and in a 24-game unbeaten streak.
Suddenly, good luck with her too.
In the last round she defeated Besiktas with a winning goal in the 96th minute, which was her seventh victory of the season by one goal difference.
Also, she has returned this season already four times from behind, and scored most of her goals in the second half.
"Our hobby is to win," said Andreas Cornelius, who scored the winning goal against Besiktas.
The Danish striker is one of the exciting group of names held by coach Abdullah Abchi, himself a serial unlucky man who has yet to win a title, finished twice in second place and lost two cup finals in Turkey.
Along with Cornelius you can find the Slovak Mark Hamshik who returned to Europe at the age of 34, his peer Gervinho who came from Parma, the Greek star with the recorded name Anastasius in Castas, and also the former Hapoel Beer Sheva and Raanana Tony Wakma.
These five have scored 19 of the team's 24 goals this season.
Wakuma - who recently marked 100 games for the team - has donated five of them, cooked three and won the status of a great idol, including a statue of him in the entrance of the stadium.
"We know the race will be tough," he said this week, "but we want to continue like this. We are ready to finish it in first place."
In Turkey they agree with the Nigerian and say that the only one who can stop this Trabzonspor is herself.
The big ones from Istanbul are not at their best, and if the team from Trabzon maintains concentration and luck, it may put an end to the capital's control and win its first championship since 1984.
Spain.
A day after Barcelona dropped a 0: 3 advantage over Salta Vigo and finished with 3: 3, Atletico Madrid lost a 1: 3 advantage and finished with the same result against Valencia when they absorbed twice in extra time from substitute Hugo Doro.
Will the mid-season picture be restored at the end as well?
Photo: Trabzonspor Twitter Mode,