Nihat Özdemir

The 2021 Turkish Süper Lig football champions, Beşiktaş, received the championship cup on May 19 in a ceremony as fans of the Istanbul club rejoiced.

The Black Eagles arrived at their home stadium Vodafone Park by sea - an unusual way to celebrate a victory.

The "Big Four" in Turkish football - Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor - are in an astronomical debt spiral, reaching 13.99 billion Turkish liras or ($1.89 billion). 

Each of the four teams announced debt last year on the public disclosure platform (KAP) as it piled to $1.89 billion. The figure in 2012 was 2.06 billion liras ($1.14 billion).

The Turkish Football Federation decided on Jan. 13 to increase to 16 the number of foreign players allowed on teams in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Federation chief Nihat Ozdemir said the quota will change from 14 during the second half of the Turkish top-flight football division 2020-21 season.

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Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President Nihat Özdemir confirmed on May 20 the date for the resumption of the league will be announced May 28. 

Özdemir said previously the Super Lig would restart June 12 after being suspended in March because of the coronavirus.

The plan to restart the professional football leagues in Turkey on June 12 will be implemented, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chief Nihat Özdemir has insisted.

The Turkish Football Federation's (TFF) plans to restart the country's professional football leagues on June 12 have received mixed reactions from clubs and officials.

Professional football leagues in Turkey, which were suspended on March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to resume on June 12 behind closed doors, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chief announced on May 6.

The Turkish Limak Holding and its Kuwaiti partner, Al-Kharafi International, laid the foundation stone for a $4.3 billion airport terminal project - the largest tender won abroad in a single package by Turkish contractors - with a ceremony in the Gulf country on May 9.

More than 4,000 people will be employed to work in the construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, a leading member of the consortium building the bridge has said.

The bridge is expected to be the longest suspension bridge in the world by its length of main span with 2,023 meters.

Many leading tourism investments and five-star hotels, located on 2.3 million square meters of land, have been transferred from Turkey's state treasury to the newly introduced Turkish Wealth Fund as well as a number of leading public companies and lenders.