Ahmet Nur Çebi

The title race in the Turkish Süper Lig starts on Aug. 13 under the pandemic shadow and a major change in rules on foreign players.

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Defending champion Beşiktaş hosts Rizespor in Istanbul in the Süper Lig's first game, hoping to pick up from where it left off.

Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş have accumulated net debts of over 3.5 billion Turkish liras ($473 million), the club announced on March 6.

Ahmet Nur Çebi was elected the 34th chairman of Turkey's Beşiktaş sports club on Oct. 20.

Turkish top flight football side Be?ikta? on May 16 rejected reports that it was planning to replace Croatian manager Slaven Bilic after a string of poor results.

Turkish media reports that the Istanbul side had opened talks and agreed in principle for Bursaspor manager and former national team coach ?enol Güne? to take charge of the club were "unfounded", it said in a statement.