{"id":4724,"date":"2010-03-24T16:41:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T14:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2010-03-24T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T15:24:50","slug":"turkish-match-fixing-scandal-turkey-47246743","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkish-match-fixing-scandal-turkey-47246743\/","title":{"rendered":"31 questioned in Turkish football Match fixing scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Match fixing allegations in Turkey has widened as Turkish police question several people including ex Galatasaray and Turkey star Arif Erdem.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4728\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4728\" title=\"Arif erdem Turkey National team - National Turk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Arif-erdem-Turkey-National-team-National-Turk-277x360.jpg\" alt=\"Arif Erdem who is in questioning by Turkish police under match fixing allegations in action during World Cup 2002 held in China \" width=\"350\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Arif-erdem-Turkey-National-team-National-Turk-277x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Arif-erdem-Turkey-National-team-National-Turk-169x220.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Arif-erdem-Turkey-National-team-National-Turk.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ex Turkish international Arif Erdem who is in questioning by Turkish police under match fixing allegations in action during World Cup 2002 held in South Korea <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Arif Erdem, assistant coach of Turkish Super League club \u0130stanbul B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor was taken to questioning by Turkish police under a massive crack down on illegal betting in the country which emerged to daylight with the Bochum match fixing investigation.<\/h2>\n<p>The Turkish Super League game between \u0130stanbul B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor(IBB) vs Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi in May 2009  which IBB won 3-1 was investigated by German police with allegations that it might have been linked to a major European match fixing ring.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Super League game played on 3rd May between IBB and Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi was particularly important as IBB required a win to stay in the top flight. A lose would have meant relegation to Turkish second division. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi had managed to stay in the Turkish Superleague and was out of contest for any European spots.<\/p>\n<p>Goal keeper Recep \u00d6zt\u00fcrk who plays for Turkish Super League team Konyaspor and Erman K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 who plays for Turkish Super League side Sivasspor have also been taken by police for questioning as \u00d6zt\u00fcrk was the Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi goal keeper and K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 was a IBB player in the game in question.<\/p>\n<p>Arif Erdem who&#8217;s name had been mentioned in the Bochum investigation when the football scandal first came to light had angrily denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>National Turk can confirm that at least 31 people have been taken into questioning in simultaneous raids that took place in 10 cities.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the suspects taken into questioning are in the administration of teams in the Turkish Super League.<\/p>\n<p>National Turk \/ Turkey<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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