A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game last season.

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Sixteen suspects, including singer Serdar Ortaç, presenter Mehmet Ali Erbil and former football player Batuhan Karadeniz, who were detained as part of an investigation into the allegation of encouraging illegal betting by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, were referred to court.

İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığınca yasa dışı bahse teşvik iddiasına ilişkin yürütülen soruşturma kapsamında gözaltına alınan ve aralarında şarkıcı Serdar Ortaç, sunucu Mehmet Ali Erbil ve eski futbolcu Batuhan Karadeniz'in de bulunduğu 16 şüpheli adliyeye sevk edildi.

Yasa dışı bahse teşvik operasyonu: Serdar Ortaç, Mehmet Ali Erbil, sosyal medya ünlüleri adliyeye sevk edildi    - BBC News Türkçe

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A Turkish court sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee at the end of a league game last season.

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Former Turkish football club president Faruk Koca sentenced to prison for attacking referee

A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game match last season.

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Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee

A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game match last season

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THE former president of Turkish side MKE Ankaragucu has been jailed after attacking a referee last year. Faruk Koca, 60, punched referee Halil Umut Meler following his team’s 1-1 draw with Caykur Rizespor in December 2023. GettyFaruk Koca has been jailed after punching a referee[/caption]
EPAThe ex-Ankaragucu chief attacked Halil Umut Meler in December[/caption]
GettyTurkish football was suspended in the wake of the horrific incident[/caption]
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Turkish football chief jailed after punching referee in moment of madness

A former football chief in Turkey's Super Lig has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over an on-pitch attack on a referee.

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A Turkish court sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than three and a half years in prison on Monday for attacking a referee

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Ex-Turkish club boss jailed for punching referee

A former football chief in Turkey's Super Lig was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday over an on-pitch attack on a referee, the Anadolu news agency reported. The incident occurred in December 2023 following a 1-1 draw between Ankara's MKA Ankaragucu and visiting Caykur Rizespor in Turkey's top flight.

Footage from the scene showed Ankaragucu's then president Faruk Koca rushing onto the pitch and punching referee Halil Umut Meler 

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Ex-Turkey football club chief sentenced over on-field attack on referee

Faruk Koca, former president of the Ankaragücü club, hit a referee at the end of 2023 after a match in Turkish D1.

Faruk Koca, ancien président du club d’Ankaragücü, avait frappé un arbitre fin 2023 à l’issue d’une rencontre en D1 turque.

Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee

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