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Turkish court

December 9, 2025

Turkey arrests top league players in football betting scandal

The scandal has shaken Turkish football, prompting renewed scrutiny of betting across the professional leagues.

Galatasaray's Metehan Baltacı, Fenerbahçe's Mert Hakan Yandaş, and Konyaspor's Senegalese winger Alassane Ndao
September 8, 2023

Crypto boss Faruk Fatih Ozer sentenced to 11,196 years in jail

Mr Ozer had run one of the country’s largest crypto exchanges, Thodex, until it collapsed in April 2021 after taking $2 billion from his customers.

Faruk Fatih Ozer
June 23, 2022

Khashoggi Murder: Turkey, Saudi Arabia announce ‘new era’

Ankara and Riyadh are working to fully normalise ties strained after the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Mr Khashoggi.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Tayyip Erdoğan and Jamal Khashoggi