Turkey-based Ghanaian footballer, Mohammed Sumaila has surprisingly signed for a Turkish club Yorukalispor for a transfer fee of ten pounds of olive oil. According to Wires, the footballer made the headlines in Turkey on Monday after agreeing to play for a local team in Bursa, Turkey, for 10 liters of organic olive oil. Poor farmers … Read more
On the buzzing Taksim Square of Istanbul, the focal point of the modern city, a giant disused building looms over visitors, its glass windows broken and a few tattered advertising banners flapping disconsolately in the breeze. This is the Ataturk Cultural Centre (AKM), opened in 1969 to realise the dream of modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa … Read more
The cause of the crash remains unclear At least 23 people have been killed and 11 wounded when a bus carrying Turkish tourists crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris, local authorities said on Saturday. Television footage from the scene in western Mugla province showed a yellow bus lying on its side surrounded by … Read more
Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others spin plates or happily perform aerial dances. This is not a big top circus in a major city but a house in southeastern Turkey, where Syrian refugee children learn circus tricks in an innovative programme to … Read more
Atop Istanbul’s iconic Grand Bazaar — the scene of a high-speed motorbike chase in the 2012 James Bond film “Skyfall” — a full force drive to revamp it has begun. The centuries-old marketplace has already undergone a security upgrade after a spate of terror attacks in Istanbul. For the bazaar’s traders, the primary concern now … Read more
The trial opened on Monday of almost 50 suspects accused of plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel on the night of the botched July 15 coup. Forty-four suspects, mainly soldiers, are under arrest, while three others still on the run are being tried in absentia at the court in … Read more
Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive Istanbul nightclub shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground. Like most of the 39 people killed at a New Year’s party in Reina, a hang-out for the Turkish jet set and moneyed foreigners, … Read more
Striker Nana Poku and Turkey-based defender-cum-midfielder Joseph Attamah are expected to join the Black Stars pre-2017 Africa Cup of Nations training in Accra this week, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. Poku has recently moved to UAE side Al Shabab on loan from Egyptian side Misr El Maqasha where he scored nine goals in the Egyptian top-flight. … Read more
Ghanaian defender Nuru Sully inspired Turkish side Alanyaspor to a 2-0 win over Kara Facebook Spor in the Turkish Ligue 1. Two goals from former Brazilian striker Wagner Love gave the away side all three points in a game Nuru was hailed by his team mates and head coach of Alanyaspor Hussein Kalpar. Nuru’s stupendous … Read more
At least 12 people, almost all of them schoolchildren, have been killed after a fire broke out in a girls’ dormitory in Turkey’s southern province of Adana, according to the local governor. The fire, which officials said was likely caused by an electrical fault, spread rapidly through the building’s wooden interior late on Tuesday, as … Read more
Turkish club Ulubey Belediyespor thought that they had done a good day’s work when they defeated their rival Karabukspor 20-0, but were left disappointed despite the demolition. Alihan Akyol netted five goals as Ulubey smashed their amateur opponents, and was expecting to pick up a good match bonus for his exploits in front of goal. … Read more
Ghana midfielder Seidu Salifu made his long-awaited debut for Turkish second-tier side Adana Demirspor on Sunday as they drew 1-1 at UmraniyeSpor. Salifu came on in 78th minute when his side were leading 1-0 thanks to a Mustafa Durak goal. The 22-year-old penned a one-year-deal in August after leaving Tunisian side Club Africain where he … Read more