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Football players and officials arrested as part of probe into Turkey’s betting scandal
Prosecutors detained 35 people including players and officials amid a probe revealing 27 players bet on their own teams, expanding from an October Turkish Football Federation investigation.
- Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 46 people, including footballers from top clubs, as part of a widening investigation into insider betting in Turkey's professional leagues.
- Prosecutors cited suspected match-fixing attempts in two third-tier games in 2023 and 2024, and some players were found to have bet on their own teams' games.
- The law criminalizes the manipulation of sports competitions and carries a sentence of one to three years imprisonment, which can be increased if the offense is connected to betting markets.
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Turkish football is shaken by a betting scandal that continues to expand. Top clubs are also affected.
In the course of the betting scandal, the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office arrested 29 other football players. Almost all of them are said to have bet on their own games.
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