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The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Thursday imposed suspensions of varying duration against 102 players from its top two leagues as part of an investigation into suspicions of illegal betting on matches, with Galatasaray's Eren Elmali and Metehan Baltaçi among those sanctioned.
Earlier this month, the TFF suspended 149 referees and assistant referees after an investigation revealed that officials working in the country's professional leagues were betting on football matches.
The investigation was expanded on Monday with the arrest of eight people, including the president of a top-tier club, and the suspension of 1,024 players from all leagues as the investigation continues. Matches in the second and third tiers were also suspended for two weeks.
In a statement, the TFF's Professional Football Disciplinary Council (PFDK) announced the suspensions that local media said included 25 players from the top-tier Super League and 77 players from the second tier.
According to this measure, the PFDK imposed suspensions of 45 days and nine months for Elmal and Baltaç. The suspensions ranged from 45 days to 12 months for some players. The PFDK did not announce any measures against the remaining actors under investigation.
TFF president Ibrahim Haxhiosmanoglu has described the situation as a "moral crisis in Turkish football." Its investigation found that 371 of the 571 active referees in Turkey's professional leagues had betting accounts and 152 of them were actively gambling.
One referee had bet 18,227 times and 42 referees had bet on more than 1,000 football matches each. It was discovered that others had bet only once.
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