Turkiye jails footballers Baltaci, Yandas pending trial in betting probe

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Fenerbahce’s Mert Hakan Yandas and Galatasaray’s Metehan Baltacı are the highest-profile players to beryllium arrested pursuing a betting investigation.

Published On 9 Dec 2025

A Turkish tribunal has jailed 20 suspects, including Super Lig shot players, pending proceedings successful a widening shot betting investigation, the state-owned Anadolu quality bureau said connected Tuesday.

Last week, prosecutors ordered the apprehension of 46 people, including players, nine presidents, commentators and a referee, implicit insider betting successful Turkiye’s nonrecreational leagues.

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Anadolu said that among those detained successful that operation, Galatasaray subordinate Metehan Baltaci and Fenerbahce subordinate Mert Hakan Yandas, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Adana Demirspor President Murat Sancak, were present formally arrested and jailed.

Anadolu reported Baltaci arsenic telling the tribunal that helium had placed bets connected a fewer matches erstwhile helium was a younker squad subordinate and had not done truthful aft helium joined the Galatasaray archetypal team.

Fenerbahce’s Yandas was cited by Sabah paper arsenic saying successful his tribunal grounds that helium denied engagement successful gambling connected matches.

Sancak told the tribunal helium did not person a gambling relationship and had ne'er placed a stake connected matches, Cumhuriyet paper said.

Representatives of the 2 players and the erstwhile nine authoritative could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

Last month, Turkiye’s shot federation (TFF) suspended 149 referees and assistants aft an probe recovered that officials successful the nonrecreational leagues were betting connected games.

The nett past widened with the apprehension of 8 people, including the president of a top-tier club, and the suspension of 1,024 players from each leagues, connected whom the TFF imposed bans.

A proceedings day has not been acceptable yet.