Eight arrested, over 1,000 suspended in Turkiye football gambling scandal

Turkish Football Federation president calls betting ungraded a ‘moral situation successful Turkish football’.

Eight radical person been arrested successful Turkiye and much than 1,000 players person been suspended arsenic a wide-ranging probe into alleged betting connected shot matches rocks the country’s shot federation.

Turkish authorities formally arrested Eyupspor Chairman Murat Ozkaya, a top-tier nine chairman, and 7 others connected Monday, portion the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) suspended 1,024 players pending disciplinary investigations. Of the suspended players, 27 vie successful the country’s top-tier Super Lig, notably Galatasaray defender Eren Elmali, who besides represents the Turkish nationalist team.

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In a connection Galatasaray said it was “monitoring” the process and waiting for the probe to beryllium completed. Elmali said that his suspension was linked to a stake made connected a squad that was not his ain 5 years ago, and that helium had not made a stake since.

Those swept up successful the probe are accused of maltreatment of powerfulness and match-fixing, among different charges.

The ungraded came to airy astatine the extremity of October, erstwhile the TFF announced that an probe had revealed that 371 of the 571 progressive referees successful its nonrecreational leagues had betting accounts, and 152 of them were actively gambling.

One referee had stake 18,227 times and 42 referees had stake connected much than 1,000 football matches each. Others were recovered to person stake lone once.

The 3rd and 4th divisions successful Turkiye, successful which much than 900 of the suspected players compete, person been suspended for the past 2 weeks.

The moves travel aft the TFF earlier this month suspended 149 referees and adjunct referees aft an investigation found that the officials moving successful the country’s nonrecreational leagues were betting on football matches.

TFF President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu has described the concern arsenic a “moral situation successful Turkish football”.