The 24-year-old scored on his debut for the Spanish side on Saturday after his £85.3m world record move from Tottenham
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti could start with Bale on the bench as the forward returns to match fitness.
Carlo Ancelotti's previous Champions League clubs
Parma
Juventus
AC Milan
Chelsea
Paris St Germain
The Bernabeu outfit are aiming for a 10th European Cup win but have not won the competition since 2002.
Ancelotti will become the first manager to take charge of six different clubs in the Champions League with the game in Turkey.
"I have a special feeling about becoming the first man to coach six different sides because this is the most important competition in the world," said the Italian.
"It is also exciting because it will be my first match coaching Real Madrid (in Europe) and everyone knows we want to win the cup, although it will not be easy.
"The fact that I will be involved in this is a fantastic motivation for me."
Galatasaray beat Real in Turkey last season but lost the quarter-final between the two sides on aggregate.
"It's a new season and we know we can beat them again," said the Turkish club's striker Didier Drogba.
"The best thing to do is play good football and give 100% to win. Once again we are going to face the top clubs of Europe this season and I think we have a good chance to qualify (for the knockout stages)."
Along with Real, Manchester City and Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris St-Germain will also start their European campaigns on Tuesday.
Juventus are in the same group as Real and visit Copenhagen.
Bayern Munich, who are last season's winners and are in the same group as City, host CSKA Moscow.
PSG travel to Olympiakos as Benfica entertain Anderlecht in the other Group C encounter.
Tuesday's other game involves Real Sociedad against Shakhtar Donetsk, who are both in United's group.
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