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Turkey to seek extradition of former football player over alleged Gülen links

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday requested that the necessary judicial action be taken for the extradition of former Galatasaray football player...

Barcelona player indicted for sexual harassment, possessing unregistered gun

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday indicted Barcelona football star Arda Turan on charges of sexual harassment and possessing an unregistered firearm,...

UEFA prefers Germany over Turkey to host 2024 European Championship

UEFA, football's governing body in Europe, on Thursday selected Germany to host the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Germany...

Turkey expects ‘fair evaluation’ from UEFA for its EURO 2024 bid

Turkey has met the required conditions to host EURO 2024 and expects a "fair evaluation,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday, the state-owned...

Turkey stresses economic gains, dismisses human rights concerns in bid for Euro 2024

Turkey deserves to host the 2024 European Championship because it represents a “new frontier” that will bring great economic gains, the vice president of...

Kanter in Time magazine: I was with Gülen on coup night, he was as shocked as we were

Professional basketball league (NBA) star Enes Kanter wrote an article for Time magazine saying that he was with Fethullah Gülen at his home in...

Löw rejects Özil’s accusations of racism in German FA

Joachim Löw has rejected Mesut Özil's accusations of racism within the German FA (DFB) as the head coach gave his analysis of Germany's World...

German football boss admits to mistakes with Özil

In an interview with the Bild newspaper, German Football Association (DFB) President Reinhard Grindel reiterated his regret that he hadn’t handled the situation with...

Plunge of lira hits Turkish football clubs: Goddamn Trump ruined us

Abdurrahim Albayrak, vice president of Turkish football club Galatasaray, on Sunday strongly criticized US President Donald Trump for sanctions on Turkey that have resulted...

Paternity test proves Japanese woman is daughter of Olympic weightlifting champion

Japanese citizen Sekai Mori was proven to be the daughter of deceased weightlifting champion Naim Süleymanoğlu after Turkey’s Institute of Forensic Medicine released the...

FA boss Grindel admits mistakes in German-Turkish footballer Özil affair

German Football Association (DFB) head Reinhard Grindel on Thursday said he should have made clearer that racism is unacceptable after midfielder Mesut Özil quit...

German-Kurdish footballer Naki lambastes Özil, recalls racism in Turkey

German-Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki has criticized Mesut Özil, who left the German national football team due to "racism and disrespect" arising from a meeting...

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