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

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

Former MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca received a prison sentence of over three years for assaulting referee Halil Umut Meler during a soccer match. The incident, occurring after a tie with Caykur ...

Faruk Koca and three other defendants have received suspended prison sentences ranging from 15 months to over five years.

The former president of Turkey’s Ankaragücü Faruk Koca was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for attacking referee ...

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

A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for ...

A Turkish court sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than three and a half years in prison on Monday for attacking a referee ...

Turkish football club Ankaragucu have protested against their former president, Faruk Koca being sentenced to more than three years in prison for assaulting a referee last year, claiming the verdict ...

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

MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the face after the final whistle of a 1-1 draw in a Super Lig game against Caykur Rizespor. Meler, who fell to the ground ...

A former football chief in Turkey's Super Lig was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday over an on-pitch attack on a referee, the Anadolu news agency reported.