Amed S.K.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has banned German-Turkish player Deniz Naki from football for three years and six months on charges of “ideological propaganda” and “separatism. 

A court in southeastern Turkey on April 6 handed a professional footballer born in Germany a suspended jail sentence for "making terror propaganda" for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Deniz Naki, who plays for second division side Amedspor in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, was accused of promoting the PKK.

A court in southeastern Turkey has acquitted Amedspor's German-born footballer Deniz Naki on charges of making terror propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

A Turkish third-tier footballer playing in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır faces up to five years in prison for seven social media posts that prosecutors have said constitute "terrorist propaganda."

Lower league club Amedspor continued its high fly in the Ziraat Turkish Cup competition on Feb. 9, holding Spor Toto super League leader Fenerbahçe to a 3-3 draw in a quarterfinal clash.

When the referee blew the final whistle in a Ziraat Turkish Cup game on Jan. 31 in Bursa, he marked the end of a football match and the start of a fresh debate over politics and sports.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has levied a 10,000-Turkish Lira fine against third-tier Diyarbak?r-based club Amedspor on the grounds that it changed its name and emblem without official approval.

The TFF said it was sanctioning the club because it was using a name and logo that had not been officially registered with the federation.