One of the oldest and most famous high schools of Turkey is Galatasaray Lycee. Since the last years of the Ottoman Reign, the students of this school joined many wars, like the Tripoli War (1911), The Balkan Wars (1912-1913), First World War (1914), The Independence War (1921), Cyprus Peace Operation (1974). In these wars, 45 students had died and 150 students became veterans. These student soldiers' situation was rather different from the other soldiers. They were between 17-22 years of age and they all joined these wars voluntarily. Even, one of them Celal Ibrahim who died in the Iraq front was the first volunteer.

Journalist Ziyad Ebuzziya tells one of the interesting legends (legend of Mehmet Muzaffer) of the Galatasaray soldiers as below:

After three months of training, Mehmet Muzaffer went to Canakkale as an "officer candidate" (March 1916). The Turks defeated the British and the French invaders and between the last week of 1915 and the first week of 1916, the allies completely left the region.

When Muzaffer has arrived in Canakkale, the war was over. Although the ally aeroplanes and ships located in the island of Imbros were still bombing the Turkish lines, it was nothing when compered to the precedence. Most of the troops stationed in Canakkale were about to transfer to the Caucasus, Iraq and Palestine. All were ordered to prepare and to complete their supplies for the transportation. Muzaffer was in charge in his regiment's headquarters. His regiment needed automobile and lorry tyres. These would only be provided from Istanbul. As Muzaffer was from Istanbul and he was a clever young man, his commanders decided to send him to provide the necessary tyres and they have written a petition addressed to Ministry of War, for the payment of the tyres.

In those years, in Istanbul, automobiles or lorries were very rarely seen and their tyres were very hard to find. They could be found only in the black markets. Muzaffer has searched and at last, he found a Jewish who sold the tyres. However, they had exorbitant prices. There was nothing to do. He made the negotiation and went to Ministry of War to take the money. There, he went to an old lieutenant colonel. After the lieutenant colonel has read the petition, he asked, "what are going to buy?" Muzaffer answered, "tyres". After a little silence, he said:
"Listen son! I cannot find the money to buy new boots and coats to my soldiers and you say you want to buy tyres. Just go away, there is no money!"

Muzaffer saluted him and left the room. He began to think what was he going to do now. His brigade urgently needed those supplies. There were two Mercedes-Benz (given by the Germans) lorries and two automobiles without tyres. The other supplies were also needed. He was chosen for this task, he could not gone with empty hands. He was thinking and slowly walking and then he found a remedy.

He directly went to the Jewish dealer and said "I will take the money in the afternoon. However, I cannot take the supplies after the night "ezan" because I do not have a place to keep them. Then, I will come by the morning and embark the supplies to the morning ferry. Please prepare them for the morning." The dealer accepted. While Muzaffer was leaving, he said "but they give not golden coins, but banknote. The dealer said "okay".

The next morning by the sunlight, Muzaffer was on the door of the Jew, with a car and a private. His supplies were ready. They were loaded to the car. Muzaffer gave the dealer a banknote of 100.000 liras and led his way towards Canakkale.

Three days later, the Jew went to the Ottoman Bank to cash the banknote. Nevertheless, they refused to cash it, as it was a fake banknote. It was Muzaffer's work. On that desperate day, he spent the entire night by drawing that banknote under the weak light of an oil lamp. There was just one difference between the one Muzaffer has drawn and the real one, the inscription. In those days, on the moneys the government was writing, "its cost will be paid by gold in Istanbul". Muzaffer wrote, "its cost will be paid by gold in Canakkale". By "gold" he meant the "blood" which was more valuable than gold.

The Jewish dealer never caused a trouble on this matter, but, still unclear the reason why. In a short time all Istanbul heard this story, even Shehzade (heir apparent) Halim heard it. He immediately sent his assistance to the Jewish dealer. He purchased him gold and bought the fake banknote. He put it in a jewel box decorated with mother-of-pearl and gave it to the Police Museum in Istanbul. This banknote is still kept in that museum.