FORTIS CUP TUESDAY ACTION..........

CAYKUR RIZESPOR AND BESIKTAS FROM GROUP A, FENERBAHCE AND KAYSERISPOR FROM GROUP C, GENCLERBIRLIGI OFTAS AND GALATASARAY FROM GROUP D, REACHES THE QUARTER FINALS IN THE TURKISH FORTIS CUP. IN GROUP B , GENCLERBIRLIGI ALLREADY QUALIFIED ,TOMORROW'S MATCH BETWEEN ADANA DEMIRSPOR AND VESTEL MANISASPOR WILL DECIDE THE SECOND TEAM FROM THIS GROUP...THEY BOTH HAVE SIX POINTS.......

Turkish Journalist Cuneyt Koryurek passes away

Dear Readers, Turkey(Turkiye) loss a dear Turkish journalist Cuneyt Koryurek.

This was not bedside or sickness dead....it was Istanbul's kaos traffic!....

A young man with BMW ran over 77 years old Cuneyt Koryurek who was crossing the street .

Cuneyt Koryurek made a huge contribution to Turkish athletics at various levels for nearly half a century.

He served as the General Secretary and the Vice-President of the Turkish Athletic Federation before he held office as President from 1982 to 1984.

He was one of the founders of the Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, which he later served as the Race Director.


Koryurek had been to seven Olympic Games, six times as a journalist and once as the Head of Delegation of the Turkish athletics team.

GIRAY BULAK SACKED BY VESTEL MANISASPOR!

There is one thing, we know by now!...If you are a coach in the Turkcell Super League ,you never know when you will be kicked in the butt!...

Giray Bulak, the coach who saved Vestel Manisaspor last year from dropping to the lower division, after Ersun Yanal's bad run with Vestel Manisaspor,sacked by Vestel Manisaspor Yesterday.

But, in soccer, there is no yesterday!...

If you lose a couple games you will be canned!...

Giray Bulak is the first coach sacked in the second half of Turkcell Super League!

So far After 18Th week of matches played, he is the 11Th coach got his butt kicked!

What is so absurd is, the Vestel Manisaspor hired in same day Yilmaz Vural who has a Television program on LIG TV!..... it is called "Santraya Dogru"....

On that program, 12 hours before Giray Bulak was sacked, Vural talked to Giray Bulak about the upcoming match this weekend for Vestel Manisaspor!...


Twelve hours later, TV commentator Yilmaz Vural became the coach of Vestel Manisaspor!...Yilmaz Vural coached Antalyaspor who dropped out of the Turkcell Super League,last season.

As I said it before(Coaching merry-go-round Dilemma in the Turkish League ) , this would only happened in Turkiye....no place else!...

My stomach can't take what is going on in the Turkish Football(soccer) anymore!....

AHMET TURGUT

Antonio de Nigris did not like the offer!....

Mexican National player Antonio de Nigris ,who plays for Gaziantepspor in the Turkey's Turkcell Super League did not like the money that Ankarspor offered him.

Although two teams agreed on the transfer fee for one million dollar,Antonio de Nigris did not like the 500.000 Euro....he told Ankaraspor team officials that he wanted 700.000 Euro. So, Antonio de Nigris still remain with Gaziantepsor until end of his contract with the team.

Antonio de Nigris Goes to Ankaraspor.

Journeyman Antonio de Nigris , doing what he does best.... move around!...

Antonio de Nigris, who plays for Gaziantepspor , now he will be playing for Ankaraspor.

Ankaraspor team offered, one million dollars, transfer fee to Gaziantepspor to transfer De Nigris.

Ankaraspor team wants to stay in the Turkish Turkcell Super League, with this transfer. They are in relegation zone in the League.

Antonio de Nigris , who's list of former teams include Polideportivo Ejido and Villareal of Spain; Club América, Pumas and Puebla of Mexico; and Once Caldas of Colombia. On 31st August 2006 he signed for the Turkish side Gaziantepspor.

KAOS IN TURKISH FOOTBALL(SOCCER)!......

THIS PICTURE TELLS THE WHOLE STORY!.....

Photo:Hurriyet

If you look at this picture very closely, you would see, what I mean!...
From left to right, third person with red tie is Trabzonspor President(hand is not raised all the way)....next to him, Galatasaray President(hand up all the way),next to him Fenerbahce President(hand all the way up!)next to him, Besiktas President(hand is not all the way!) and Last person on very end with mustache ,Current TFF President Haluk Ulusoy( checking the room!...who is raising the hands!...)
Why do you think, Trabzonspor and Besiktas Presidents, did not raised their hands all the way!.....one is From Trabzon where Haluk Ulusoy is from and the other one (Besiktas President) distance relative!.....that will hurt!......

What it is going on, in Turkish Football( soccer), is just sickening!...
First ,there was a court order to take TFF current Prsident Haluk Ulusoy's, duty from him and giving to special committee!.......

Than, there was a special emergency meeting in Ankara, Today.

In that meeting, delegates of Turkish Football(soccer) organization, voted for new elections to be held on February 14-15.

Would you believe, there were observers from UEFA and FIFA organization in this meeting!.....

The world is laughing at us!....

This is total disgrace and absurd!....

World Cup qualifiers Draw will be held on January 30

FIFA will hold a draw to determine the order of matches in two 2010 World Cup qualifying groups after the teams involved failed to reach agreement by the January 16 deadline.

The draw will involve European qualifying Group Two (Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg) and Group Five (Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia and Estonia).

FIFA said the draw would be held on January 30 during the UEFA Congress in Zagreb, Croatia.