Arda Turan

Turkish star midfielder Arda Turan on March 11 married his long term girlfriend Aslıhan Doğan in Istanbul, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan acting as his marriage witness.

The Turkish Super League resumes after the winter break, with leader Başakşehir visiting Bursaspor on Jan. 21. The Istanbul side has a new man on board, Turkish international Arda Turan, who arrived from Barcelona on loan.

Turkish international midfielder Arda Turan will be back in the Turkish Super League following a more than six-year hiatus, after signing a one-and-a-half year contract on Jan. 15 with league leader Başakşehir.

Turkish Super League leader Istanbul Başaksehir officially announced on Jan. 13 that Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan is joining the club.

Turkish Super League leader Istanbul Başaksehir has said it is in talks with Barcelona to bring midfielder Arda Turan back to his home country, after a disappointing spell at the Camp Nou.

Turkey's national football team has carried its hopes of claiming a berth in the next year's World Cup to the last two qualification games by beating Croatia 1-0 at home on Sept. 5.

Turkish national football team, under a new coach amid debate over the squad selection, visits Ukraine on Sept. 2 to keep its slim chances of advancing to the 2018 World Cup alive.

Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu took helm of the national team following Fatih Terim's departure last month, and his player choices have been the top subject heading to his debut match.

Turkey and Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan on Aug. 11 said he was ready to return to national team duty, two months after announcing his retirement from international football following a bust-up with former coach Fatih Terim.

Turan, Turkey's captain, had in June been thrown out of a training camp by Terim following a fracas with a reporter on a plane.

Turkish national team coach Fatih Terim has broken his silence on a scandal surrounding international midfielder Arda Turan, declaring that principles should be the priority in retaining team cohesion.

The Turkish national football team will play a crucial 2018 World Cup qualifying stage game at Kosovo on June 11, but the competition on the pitch is the least of coach Fatih Terim's problems.

The national team has been involved in a scandal since June 5, when team captain and Barcelona player Arda Turan verbally and physically assaulted a veteran journalist on the team plane.