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

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

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

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

Turkish football club Ankaragucu defend their former president Faruk Koca after he was sentenced to jail for assaulting a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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