Turkish soccer crisis dents Erdogan’s political prospects
Crisis deepends: TFF Boss Mehmet Ali Aydinal (Source Murad Sezer, Reuters)
By James M. Dorsey
Turkey's soccer federation has rejected a proposed rule change that would have prevented teams found guilty of match-fixing from being relegated in a move that counters Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s catering to soccer bosses and their corporate backers an…
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