Turkish Football Federation

Football is once again not just football in the aftermath of a bomb attack near Istanbul's Vodafone Arena stadium and a simultaneous one just a few hundred meters soon after a Beşiktaş-Bursaspor league game. 

Some 38 people were killed and another 155 were wounded on Dec. 10 when a double bombing hit central Istanbul near Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium. 

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said seven civilians are among the dead, while 30 others are police officers and one of the victims has yet to be identified.

A total of 29 people were killed and another 166 were wounded on Dec. 10 when a double bombing hit central Istanbul near Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced.

The first explosion was came from a moving car that directly targeted riot police near the stadium, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said in a press conference early on Dec. 11.

A total of 29 people were killed and another 166 were wounded on Dec. 10 when two bombings hit central Istanbul near Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced.

Turkey's pay-TV operator Digitürk, which is now owned by Qatar's beIN Group, acquired Turkish league football broadcasting rights for a five-year period in a tender on Nov. 21, making the highest bid at $500 million.

A court in southeastern Turkey has acquitted Amedspor's German-born footballer Deniz Naki on charges of making terror propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

Fenerbahçe won three golden points against Akhisar Belediyespor Nov. 6 to remain in the league race in a game in which its Dutch international Robin van Persie suffered an eye injury, with media reports criticizing officials for only allowing medical aid to arrive late.

Turkey's star midfielder Arda Turan of Barcelona was on Nov. 5 recalled to the national side for the World Cup qualifier against Kosovo after apparently healing a rift with coach Fatih Terim.

The Turkish international football team hosts Ukraine in the Central Anatolian province of Konya on Oct. 6 in its bid to advance to the 2018 World Cup in qualification Group I.
All three games in the group ended in draws on the first matchday, with Turkey grabbing one point with a 1-1 draw in Croatia amid ongoing debates over coach Fatih Terim's squad selection. 

A Turkish third-tier footballer playing in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır faces up to five years in prison for seven social media posts that prosecutors have said constitute "terrorist propaganda."