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Turkey Detains Central Referees Chief Over Match Manipulation Allegations

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC · How we work

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Ferhat Gundogdu, head of Turkey’s Central Referees Committee, and six officials were placed in pre-trial detention for alleged referee-administration manipulation.
They appeared before an Istanbul judge on forgery, breach of trust and illegal data acquisition charges.
The judge remanded five in custody and conditionally released two.
Police detained Super Lig referee Yasin Kol and an assistant referee during the betting unit operation.

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Ferhat Gundogdu, head of Turkey’s Central Referees Committee, and six officials were placed in pre-trial detention for alleged referee-administration manipulation.
They appeared before an Istanbul judge on forgery, breach of trust and illegal data acquisition charges.
The judge remanded five in custody and conditionally released two.
Police detained Super Lig referee Yasin Kol and an assistant referee during the betting unit operation.