Overview
- The Turkish Football Federation published a list and provisionally suspended 448 current and former club officials on Thursday, saying they placed bets while holding office and referring all names to its disciplinary committee.
- Media reports say roughly 171 of the suspended officials worked in the top-flight Super Lig, and the list includes high-profile figures such as Trabzonspor president Ertugrul Dogan and Besiktas vice-president Hakan Daltaban.
- Separately, prosecutors detained Ferhat Gundogdu, head of the referees’ Central Referees Committee, and six others on allegations including official document forgery, breach of trust and illegal acquisition of personal data, with several brought before a judge and some remanded in custody.
- Police searched the TFF VAR room at the federation’s Riva headquarters while investigators continue forensic reviews of telecom, financial and digital records, and the TFF has denied that digital materials were deleted before inspections.
- The latest actions build on a 2025 audit that found hundreds of referees held betting accounts and earlier suspensions of referees and players, and they raise the prospect of further legal steps, disciplinary hearings and possible governance changes at the federation.