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Gol Kralı (literally means "Goal King" in Turkish) is the title earned by the top goalscorer in Turkish football league divisions.
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The title is currently held by Mario Gómez, who scored 26 goals for Besiktas in the 2015–16 season . The highest number of goals scored is 39, by Tanju Çolak for Galatasaray SK in 1987–88. Metin Oktay (1962–63) and Hakan Şükür (1996–97) narrowly missed the record; they each scored 38 goals for Galatasaray. Oktay has won the award the most times with six wins in 1959, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65 and 1968–69, which was also his last season. Bosnian Tarik Hodžić was the first non-Turkish winner, when he scored 16 goals for Galatasaray in the 1983–84 season. Oktay (1959, 1960, 1961), Çolak (1986, 1987, 1988) and Şükür (1997, 1998, 1999) are the only players to win the award in three consecutive seasons.
Çolak won the European Golden Shoe for his 39 for Galatasaray in 1987–88 and came second with 31 goals in 1990–91 In 1962–63 Oktay scored 38 for Galatasarayand became Europe's top scorer. Şükür came third in 1996–97, despite the fact scoring the most goals in Europe.
List of winners
List of top scorers are as below:
Note: Teams in Bold are the champions of mentioned season.
All-time top scorers
As of 30 May 2015 (Bold denotes players still playing in the league).