Referee Meler was later pictured battered and bruised and wearing a neck brace in hospital, with the incident causing outrage ...

A former high-ranking Turkish soccer executive was handed down a lengthy prison sentence on Monday in the aftermath of his ...

MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca throws a punch at referee Halil Umut Meler after the Turkish Super Lig game with Caykur ...

Turkish football club MKE Ankaragucu have defended their former president Faruk Koca as being the “target of one-sided public ...

A Turkish court sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game last season.MKE ...

Former Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison after physically ...

A former Turkish football club president has been sentenced to over three years in prison for punching a referee after a ...

Soccer-Turkish Club Defend Ex-President After Jail Sentence for Referee Assault ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish football club Ankaragucu have protested against their former president, Faruk Koca being ...

ANKARA - Turkish football club Ankaragucu have protested against their former president, Faruk Koca being sentenced to more ...

On Monday a court in the Turkish capital Ankara sentenced Koca, 60, to three years and seven months in prison for ...

Turkish football club Ankaragucu have defended their former president Faruk Koca after he was sentenced to jail for ...

Following a draw with Rizespor in December 2023, Koca punched the referee, Halil Umut Meler, causing serious injury. He ...