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Turkish Football in Turmoil: Betting Scandal Rocks Super Lig
Twenty suspects, including top football players and club officials, were jailed as part of a probe that led to suspensions of 149 referees and bans on 1,024 players, prosecutors said.
- A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed 20 suspects, including Super Lig football players, pending trial, but a trial date has not yet been set, state-owned Anadolu said.
- Prosecutors' recent detentions followed the federation's earlier suspension of 149 referees and assistants last month after officials bet on games.
- Named defendants include Metehan Baltaci, Galatasaray player, who said he bet only as a youth, Mert Hakan Yandas, Fenerbahce player, who denied gambling involvement, and Murat Sancak, former Adana Demirspor president, who denied having a gambling account.
- The probe widened further with the arrest of eight people, including the chairman of a top-tier club, and the suspension or banning of 1,024 players from all leagues following prosecutors' broader detentions last week.
- Attempts to obtain immediate responses failed and state-owned Anadolu news agency reported the jailing in a widening betting investigation, with representatives of the two players and the former club official unreachable.
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Total News Sources18
Leaning Left4Leaning Right4Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left, 44% Right
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left, 44% of the sources lean Right
45% Left
L 45%
11%
R 44%
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