Ersun Yanal

Beşiktaş took over the top spot in the Spor Toto Super League standings with a hard-fought victory against Kardemir Karabükspor.

The Istanbul club’s Senegalese Demba Ba striker scored twice for the visiting Black Eagles as they beat Karabükspor 2-1 yesterday to move to the top of the table with 23 points.

Trabzonspor crushed Galatasaray 3-0 in Istanbul during the 10th week of the Spor Toto Super League on Nov. 22, in its first test under new coach Ersun Yanal.

The loss at home further increased pressure on Galatasaray coach Cesare Prandelli, whose decision to use Dutch star Wesley Sneijder as a substitute against Trabzonspor was severely criticized by supporters and pundits.

Galatasaray is set to ask difficult questions to former national coach Ersun Yanal, who clinched the league title with Fenerbahçe last year, before returning to the Black Sea team this year New Trabzonspor coach Ersun Yanal will face his first test this weekend when the Black Sea side visits Galatasaray for a Spor Toto Super League match.

Turkish Spor Toto Super League club Trabzonspor has parted ways with its Bosnian manager, Vahid Halilhodzic, in a mutual agreement, the club announced Nov. 9.

Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe begin a season of “star wars” while Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor aim to end their title droughts as the Spor Toto Süper Lig new season starts this weekend.

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe is no stranger to scandals; however, the latest incident that followed the resignation of coach Ersun Yanal marks a new low in the history of Turkish football.

Turkish champions Fenerbahçe named assistant coach Ismail Kartal as coach on Aug. 12 to replace Ersun Yanal who resigned at the weekend, the club said in a statement.

Kartal had been serving as the assistant coach since 2010, three seasons under Aykut Kocaman and one under Yanal.

Ersun Yanal, head coach of Turkish Spor Toto Super League's defending winners Fenerbahçe, has resigned from his post

Yanal quit his post on August 9 amid media reports of disagreements with club chairman Aziz Yıldırım.

"It's impossible to maintain my job in these circumstances as a head coach," Yanal said in a statement to Turkey's semi-official Anadolu Agency.