Turkish Football Federation

Fatih Terim steps down as Turkish national football team coach

Fatih Terim, the coach of the Turkish national football team, resigned from his post on July 26. 

Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Chief Yıldırım Demirören confirmed the report, saying that the decision to resign was a mutual consensus.

In a statement on its website, the federation cited "non-football related topics" as "wearing out" both Terim and the TFF.

Forgetting disasters

There are so many similar stories like this…

This time it is from the Aegean district of Soma, struck by a mine coal disaster in 2014 that killed 301 miners. 

Several campaigns were run after the mine disaster; this was the one of them. 

Projects emphasizing on sports were held to overcome the trauma of Soma.

Barcelona's Arda Turan fires back at football federation, calls attack on journalist an 'honorable mistake'

Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has defended himself after his physical and verbal assault on a sports journalist, which led to his dismissal from the Turkish national squad, as an "honorable mistake."

Turkish international Barcelona player Arda Turan verbally, physically attacks sports journalist on plane

Turkish international and Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has verbally and physically assaulted a Turkish sports journalist on a plane carrying the national team from Macedonia's Skopje to Italy's Trieste late on June 5. 

Just before the plane took off, Turan reportedly approached daily Milliyet's Bilal Meşe, who was sitting nearby, and started shouting at him. 

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