{"id":4780,"date":"2010-03-25T17:43:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2010-03-25T17:58:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:58:32","slug":"turkey-football-scanda-ex-international-fatih-akyel-court-47808374","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkey-football-scanda-ex-international-fatih-akyel-court-47808374\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Football Scandal &#8211; Ex-International Fatih Akyel referred to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Turkey Football scandal see&#8217;s ex-Turkey International, Fatih Akyel arrested under match fixing allegations.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4781\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4781\" title=\"fatih_akyel_Court - Nationalturk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/fatih_akyel_Court-Nationalturk.jpg\" alt=\"Fatih Akyel when he found out he was being referred to court.\" width=\"224\" height=\"220\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatih Akyel when he found out he was being referred to court.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>After yesterdays huge operation by Turkish police which saw 46 people questioned under match fixing allegations, Fatih Akyel, ex-Turkish international has been referred to court by Faz\u0131l Aslanalp the Turkish prosecutor along with another man named as Ali R\u0131za G\u00fcltekin and 2 others who&#8217;s names have not been released.<\/h2>\n<p>It is not yet known exactly why Fatih Akyel has been reffered to court but he is currently a footballer in the Turkish second division team tepecik belediyespor.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old ex-Turkish International with 64 caps from 1997 to 2004 was also part of the team which came third in the 2002 World cup in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Akyel emerged from the Galatasaray youth program and took part in the legendary team that won the UEFA and Super cups in 2000. He has also played for many European clubs and also important domestic clubs such as Fenerbah\u00e7e and Trabzonspor.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Turkish International and Galatasaray legend Arif Erdem, Erman K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, Taner G\u00fclleri and Kenan Hasagi\u00e7 were all released after questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Recep \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, the goalkeeper of Turkish Super League side, Konyaspor who was playing for Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi last season has also been referred to court.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal emerged after the Bochum match fixing investigation listed the Turkish Super League game between \u0130stanbul B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor(IBB) vs Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi in May 2009 as suspicious as unusual amounts of bets were placed on the game.<\/p>\n<h1>Please leave write your opinions bellow as to how the Match Fixing scandal will effect the credibility of Turkish teams in European competitions.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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