Messages requesting exam questions examined in referees file

In the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's "referees file" investigation, messages in which a referee asked Ferdi Karadoruk, the president of the TFF Active Referees Association, for referee exam questions were examined. The correspondence does not show that the questions were sent to the referee.

In his replies, Karadoruk wrote that he had requested the questions from another person. Another examined message showed him proposing that a provincial referee board member not be given observer appointments and pressured to resign, saying "let's mob him if necessary so he resigns."

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29 Sept 2026 13:06 Messages requesting exam questions examined in referees file In the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's "referees file" investigation, messages in which a referee asked Ferdi Karadoruk, the president of the TFF Active Referees Association, for referee exam questions were examined. The correspondence does not show that the questions were sent to the referee.

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