Kartal

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.

Coach Ersun Yanal’s relations with the players led to the coach’s departure from Fenerbahçe, Turkish sports media veteran Şansal Büyüka said.

Yanal quit on Aug. 9, leaving the defending champions without a coach only two weeks before the start of the Spor Toto Super League campaign.

Police forces in Istanbul and nearby cities have launched calculated drug raids, detaining dozens and seizing large amounts of drugs and chemicals Aug. 7-8, in an attempt to diminish the rising use of synthetic drugs in Turkey’s cities.

Hundreds of Istanbul police conducted raids in several Istanbul districts, aided with the support of helicopters.

Police forces in Istanbul and nearby cities have launched calculated drug raids, detaining dozens and seizing large amounts of drugs and chemicals Aug. 7-8, in an attempt to diminish the rising use of synthetic drugs in Turkey’s cities.

Hundreds of Istanbul police conducted raids in several Istanbul districts, aided with the support of helicopters.

Three construction workers died awfully May 31 due to the collapse of a scaffold in Istanbul’s Kartal district.

Three construction workers died awfully May 31 due to the collapse of a scaffold in Istanbul’s Kartal district. 

The workers -Hasan Doğan (53), Salih Karayalı ve Sinan Doğan (22)- fell from the 16th floor, CNN Turk reported.