Turkish Football’s Greatest Football Nerd
Outside Turkey, Hikmet Karaman is probably unknown to most football fans. Inside Turkey, though, he’s been around forever. Gaziantepspor. Kocaelispor.
The Last Emperor of Kadıköy: The Magnificent, Volcanic Reign of Aziz Yıldırım
In football, clubs are remembered not merely through trophies or talismanic players, but through the larger-than-life boardroom emperors who bend
Euro 2008: Turkey’s Tournament of Pure Refusal
In the annals of football history, some teams win through tactical precision, others through individual brilliance. But in the summer
The Pre-Social Media Football World Was Happier and Weirder
Before footballers became hostage negotiators for their own Instagram comment sections, Turkish football existed in a glorious, half-mythological state. It
The day AlanzinhoHow Alanzinho Turned Roberto Carlos Into a Track AthleteThe day Alanzinho
There are certain moments that quietly explain Turkish football to foreigners better than any documentary ever could. One of them
The Day Ahmet Dursun Hijacked Sergen’s Free-Kick
There are Turkish football myths, and then there are Turkish football myths involving Sergen Yalçın standing over a free-kick looking
Garry Rodrigues: poor man’s Neymar
There are journeymen footballers, there are mercenaries, and then there is Garry Rodrigues (a man who has treated the global
