This story is from 29 September 2026.
The national team lost 4-1 to Italy in Bursa in the Nations League. Captain Merih Demiral apologised to the Turkish public and said the responsibility lay with the players.
Türkiye suffered its second defeat in the group. Zeki Çelik, who took over the captain's armband, said they were sorry for the unexpected score and wanted wins in the remaining two matches.
Türkiye1 – 4Italy
+4: Fotomaç, Hürriyet (spor), A Spor and Sabah (spor) +5: Haber7, Fotomaç, Hürriyet (spor), A Spor and Sabah (spor) 
+3: Yeniçağ, Nefes and Muhalif +4: Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Nefes and Muhalif Turkish national football team player Yunus Akgün said after the 3-1 loss to Italy, "We upset our country deeply, we are aware of it."
Italy3 – 1TürkiyeFIFA published its October world ranking; the Turkish national football team stood 31st with 1,563 points, falling four places.
Fenerbahçe beat ÇBK Mersin 79-71 in the FIBA Women's SuperCup final to win the cup for the third time. Fenerbahçe's Emma Meesseman was named the game's most valuable player.
+4: A Spor, Sabah (spor), Hürriyet (spor) and Fotomaç +5: Star, A Spor, Sabah (spor), Hürriyet (spor) and Fotomaç 
+2: Ekonomim and Ajansspor 
+4: Nefes, Muhalif, Halk TV and Evrensel +5: Yeniçağ, Nefes, Muhalif, Halk TV and Evrensel In the Women's AXA Sigorta Champions Cup final, VakıfBank beat Eczacıbaşı Peron Istanbul 3-2 to win the trophy.
+5: Haber7, Hürriyet (spor), Türkiye Gazetesi, Sabah (spor) and Star +6: A Spor, Haber7, Hürriyet (spor), Türkiye Gazetesi, Sabah (spor) and Star 
+3: Dünya, Ajansspor and Diken +4: NTV Spor, Dünya, Ajansspor and Diken 
+2: Nefes and Evrensel +3: Oda TV, Nefes and Evrensel Turkish Football Federation (TFF) board member Mevlüt Aktan resigned from his post, saying, "Irregularities must be prevented."
+3: Haber7, Star and A Spor +4: Takvim, Haber7, Star and A Spor 
+5: NTV Spor, Sporx, Ekonomim, Duhuliye and Gazete Oksijen +6: Ajansspor, NTV Spor, Sporx, Ekonomim, Duhuliye and Gazete Oksijen 
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) board will meet on Friday with an extraordinary election agenda. Board member Mevlüt Aktan had previously resigned.
+4: Duhuliye, Ajansspor, Sporx and NTV Spor +5: Ekonomim, Duhuliye, Ajansspor, Sporx and NTV Spor 
+4: Yeniçağ, BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Halk TV +5: Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Halk TV Türkiye's visually impaired women's national football team beat Poland's visually impaired women's national football team 2-0 in the final of the IBSA B1 European Championship, entered for the first time, to become champions. It finished the tournament unbeaten with four wins and one draw, without conceding a goal.
+2: Fotomaç and Hürriyet (spor) +3: A Spor, Fotomaç and Hürriyet (spor) 
+2: Halk TV and BirGün +3: Nefes, Halk TV and BirGün The Turkish Active Football Referees and Observers Association announced that Ferdi Karadoruk, Alican Sağlar and Emre Kosif, arrested in the "Referees File" investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, had been expelled from membership.
+2: Star and Takvim +3: Türkiye Gazetesi, Star and Takvim 
+2: NTV Spor and Diken 
+3: Nefes, Halk TV and Oda TV +4: Cumhuriyet, Nefes, Halk TV and Oda TV President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that he tasked the State Supervisory Council (DDK) over the fund crisis. He said they formed a board led by the Vice President to coordinate the process for funds ordered into liquidation.
+6: Haber7, Yeni Şafak, Takvim, Yeni Akit, TGRT Haber and Sabah +7: Milliyet, Haber7, Yeni Şafak, Takvim, Yeni Akit, TGRT Haber and Sabah 
+5: Gazete Oksijen, Dünya, Ekonomim, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Diken +6: Serbestiyet, Gazete Oksijen, Dünya, Ekonomim, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Diken +5: Evrensel, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Sözcü and Muhalif +6: Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Sözcü and Muhalif 
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for 47 suspects in the Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu investigation. Of the 38 suspects detained, 36 were arrested and 2 were placed under judicial control.
+11: A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet, Habertürk, Hürriyet, Takvim, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit, Milat and DHA +12: Star, A Haber, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet, Habertürk, Hürriyet, Takvim, CNN Türk, Yeni Akit, Milat and DHA 
+4: Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Gazete Oksijen and Kısa Dalga +5: Ekonomim, Diken, ANKA Haber Ajansı, Gazete Oksijen and Kısa Dalga +8: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet, Nefes, Oda TV, soL Haber, Evrensel, BirGün and Tele2 Haber +9: Yeniçağ, Sözcü, Cumhuriyet, Nefes, Oda TV, soL Haber, Evrensel, BirGün and Tele2 Haber +2: BBC Türkçe and Euronews Türkçe Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu began his defence at the third hearing of the "political espionage" case in Silivri. He criticised the judicial proceedings against him.
+5: Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet and Yeni Akit +6: NTV, Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet and Yeni Akit 
+6: Halk TV, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, soL Haber and Sözcü +7: Tele2 Haber, Halk TV, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, soL Haber and Sözcü Journalist Fatih Ergin was transferred from Metris Prison, where he was being held, to Silivri Prison No. 1.
+5: Yeni Şafak, Hürriyet, A Haber, Takvim and NTV +6: Türkiye Gazetesi, Yeni Şafak, Hürriyet, A Haber, Takvim and NTV +3: Dünya, Medyascope and Bianet +4: Diken, Dünya, Medyascope and Bianet +6: BirGün, Sözcü, Nefes, Oda TV, Yeniçağ and Tele2 Haber +7: Evrensel, BirGün, Sözcü, Nefes, Oda TV, Yeniçağ and Tele2 Haber 
