It was founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the state-owned SEKA Cellulose and Paper Works in Izmit, Kocaeli.

Current club president is Dr. Ali Yeşildal, who is also the chairman of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation.

[2] Since the beginning, İzmit Kağıtspor has operated branches like rowing and sailing and won also many international titles in athletics, wrestling, and boxing.

Its amateur and professional individual sports people and teams of various branches are very successful at domestic and international events as well.

The total number of sports people licensed by the club competing for Turkey's national teams amounted to 155 in 2007.