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World champion racer to call it quits upon Erdoğan’s order

World Supersport Champion and Turkish national motorcyclist Kenan Sofuoğlu, 33, announced he was ending his career upon the order of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

[VIDEO] Terror investigation launched into Galatasaray’s Rocky display

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has ordered an anti-terror investigation into a Rocky Balboa display put on by Galatasaray fans during a Sunday derby with...

Court arrests former national team goalkeeper on charges of ByLock use

Ömer Çatkıç, a former Turkish national football team goalkeeper who was detained on Aug. 22 over links to the Gülen movement, accused of being...

Former national team goalkeeper detained over ByLock app use

Ömer Çatkıç, a former Turkish national football team goalkeeper, was detained on Tuesday over using the ByLock smartphone application, which Turkish authorities believe is...

[UPDATE] Turkish football club chairman resigns after brief detention

Ahmet Şan, chairman of Turkey’s Atiker Konyaspor football club, has resigned after being briefly detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement,...

Fenerbahçe TV’s former news director under custody in new post-coup probe

Yasir Kaya, a TV presenter and the former news director of the Fenerbahçe football club’s TV channel, was taken into custody on Friday night...

Atatürk banner not allowed into stadium in Samsun

As political tension over debates on a new regime continues to rise in Turkey, a banner commemorating Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was...

Romania’s Lucescu to coach Turkish national football team

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced on Wednesday that Romanian football coach Mircea Lucescu would be the Turkish national football team's new coach. According to...

Ousted Turkish football boss Terim to receive over TL 1 million ‘unemployment compensation’

Turkey's former national team coach Fatih Terim, who was fired by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) last week, is going to receive TL 1,193,000...

Briefly detained Turkish football player turns informant

Former Başakşehir and Fenerbahçe football player Bekir İrtegün, who was briefly detained on Friday over links to the Gülen movement, was released after sharing...

Over 2,200 swim from Asia to Europe in Samsung cross-continental race

More than 2,200 people from 49 countries competed on Sunday in the 29th Samsung Cross-Continental Swimming Race in Ä°stanbul, swimming six-and-a-half kilometers (four miles)...

Turkish university withdraws Hakan Şükür’s honorary doctorate over Gülen ties

The Senate of Turkey's Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has unanimously decided to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan...

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