Football à la Turca (a Turkish Football podcast)

Matchday 3 in the Turkish Süper Lig is done and dusted and the Football à la Turca gang is back with a brand new addition to the team! Yakup Marufoglu joins Burak Sezgin, Kaan Bayazit and Özer Dindjer to provide the show with a Trabzonspor representative!

In this episode we delve in to the results of both the Europa League qualifiers (in which Trabzonspor managed to qualify for the group stages) and the MD3 results in the Turkish Süper Lig.

We also announce the group stage draws for the Turkish clubs invovled in the UEFA Champions and Europa League (be on the look out for expansive previews in the next two weeks for each group with special guests from the international journalism world!).

Timestamps

• UEFA Champions League and Europa League draws - 0:04:25

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Kaan Bayazit, Umut Naderi and Burak Sezgin are back with your weekly dose of Turkish football goodness in the second episode of the second season of Football à la Turca!

This week our hosts discuss the results of matchday 2 in the Turkish Süper Lig aswell as Trabzonspor's result in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers earlier last week. The latest transfer news and rumours are also discussed as the summer transfer window is drawing to a close, just under a week left to go and still plenty of moves to be finalized. Besiktas are on the verge of signing Thiago Maia from Lille on loan, Fenerbahçe have snapped up free agent and World Cup winner Adil Rami while Galatasaray are still in the hunt for Radamel Falcao, but may have to settle for Mevlüt Erinç(!)?

Timestamps

• Rectifications - 0:03:10

• Europa League qualifiers: AEK x Trabzonspor - 0:07:05

• Beşiktaş x Göztepe - 0:10:49

• Ankaragücü x Kayserispor - 0:17:49

• Alanyaspor x Kasimpaşa - 0:21:28

• Başakşehir x Fenerbahçe - 0:24:58

• Çaykur Rizespor x Sivasspor- 0:45:23

• Trabzonspor x Yeni Malatyaspor - 0:50:52

• Antalyaspor x Denizlispor - 0359:20

• Galatasaray x Konyaspor - 1:04:37

• Gazişehir x Gençlerbirliği - 1:21:02

• Quaresma asked to find a new club - 1:27:28

• Gary Medel joins Bologna - 1:31:52

• Adil Rami joins Fenerbahçe - 1:34:30

• Hatem Ben Arfa linked with Fenerbahçe again - 1:40:12

• Manuel Fernandes potentially returning to Turkey - 1:43:18

• Thiago Maia’s proposed move to Beşiktaş - 1:48:10

• Rafinha Alcantara linked with Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe - 1:51:09

• Radamel Falcao and Mevlüt Erdinç - 1:54:32

• Remaining transfer updates (Mert Çetin to Roma , Ertuğrul Ersoy to Le Havre, Seydou Doumbia to Rize?) - 1:57:22

• UEL & Süper Lig fixture rundown - 1:58:58

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You can follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz, Patrick Cox @PtCx and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

The 2019/2020 edition of the Spor Toto Süper Lig has kicked off this past Friday and Football à la Turca has you covered with it's matchday 1 discussion.

Kaan Bayazit, Umut Naderi, the returning Özer Dindjer and Pat Cox (who is filling in for Burak Sezgin) are back for this official first edition of our second season!

In addition to this weekend's shocking results for last season's top 3, we also dive in to last week's midweek results in the UEFA Europa League, with Trabzonspor advancing to the final round of qualifiers and Malatyaspor unfortunately bidding Europe adieu.

In our transfer segment we speak about the 3 big moves that occured this past week with Steven Nzonzi joining Galatasaray, Daniel Sturrdige joining Trabzonspor and Georges-Kévin Nkoudou joins Besiktas. And we also briefly spoke about the latest news on the Radamel Falcao transfer saga.

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Follow us on Twitter @FootiealaTurca! 

You can follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz, Patrick Cox @PtCx and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

Football à la Turca is back with another UEFA Europa League preview for all you Turcaholics! As Trabzonspor completed the hurdle that was Sparta Prague, they now face Greek giants AEK Athens in the final round of qualifiers for the Europa League group stages.

Joining Kaan Bayazit once again on the show is Greek football journalist Stavros Markoulakis, who shines his light on AEK Athens' best players, coach and tactical approach.

Later this week we'll also be back with a traditional episode in which we'll focus on all the highlights of the first matchday of the 2019/2020 Turkish Süper Lig season! So stay tuned Turcaholics, we've got you covered!

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Follow us on Twitter @FootiealaTurca! 

You can follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

We do not claim to own the UEFA Europa League hymn and instrumental theme song and are using it purely under fair use.

Hello Turcaholics!

Kaan, Burak and Umut are back with another episode of Football à la Turca this week, in which they discuss Basaksehir's elimination from the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, last week's Europa League results (ft. Yeni Malatyaspor vs. Partizan & Trabzonspor vs. Sparta Prague). On top of that we spent plenty of time discussing the Radamel Falcao transfer saga, aswell as Fenerbahçe's new signing Zanka (Mathias Jorgensen) and will he be getting a new partner at the back? Besiktas' new signins Pedro Rebocho and Victor Ruiz aswell as Yusuf Yazici's transfer from Trabzonspor to Lille in the French Ligue 1!

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Follow us on Twitter @FootiealaTurca!

You can also follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

It's Europa League time Turcaholics! Following our Champions League qualifier preview for Basaksehir's opponents Olympiakos, Kaan Bayazit now sat down with Serbian football journalist Sonja Nikcevic to discuss Yeni Malatyaspor's opponents Partizan Belgrade, aswell as Trabzonspor's opponents Sparta Prague with Czech football journalist Ondrej Zlamal.

In this episode we adressed who are the key players for both sides, what type of approach do their coaches utilize? And what are the teams' strengths and weaknesses! Get to know the opponents of the Turkish clubs active in the UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round through the insights of these local experts.

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Follow us on Twitter @FootiealaTurca! 

You can follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

Follow today's featured guests on Twitter: Sonja Nikcevic @Sonjanik13 and Ondrej Zlamal @UEFAcomOndrejZ.

We do not claim to own the UEFA Europa League hymn and instrumental theme song and are using it purely under fair use.

ARE YOU READY!? It's Champions League time! Qualifiers that is, Başakşehir are in action in the third qualifying round and Football á la Turca are here to give you the lowdown on their opponents: Greek Giants Olympiakos Piraeus.

Kaan Bayazit is joined by Greek journalist Stavros Markoulakis, who tells us all about Olympiakos's best players, style of play, strengths and weaknesses.

Başakşehir host Olympiakos on Wednesday 7/8/2019 at 19:45 CET, the return will be played 6 days later on Tuesday 13/8/2019 in Greece. Can the Owls get to the play-offs once again? We'll know in about two weeks!

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Follow us on Twitter @FootiealaTurca! 

You can follow our hosts Kaan Bayazit @Razzerian, Burak Sezgin @Burakiosaurus, Özer Dindjer @Ataqoz and Umut Naderi @Eidolast.

Follow today's featured guest Stavros Markoulakis @StaMarkous.

We do not claim to own the UEFA Champions League hymn and instrumental theme song and are using it purely under fair use.

Burak, Kaan and Umut are back this week with another episode of Football á la Turca!

The news

In this week's episode we spoke about Yeni Malatyaspor's first adventure in the UEFA Europa League, their potential opponents in the next round should they qualify. Trabzonspor's opponent in the Europa League and Basaksehir's opponent in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Additional news items include beIN SPORTS's dispute with the TFF and the club Union over the TV Rights contract, Trabzonspor's appeal over the 2010-2011 Süper Lig season being rejected by CAS and Trabzonspor's new sponsorship deal.

Transfer talk

We discussed the new signings for Besiktas (Tyler Boyd and Douglas) aswell as Eljif Elmas' transfer from Fenerbahçe to Napoli for a staggering fee of 16 million euros. We also dug in to the transfer rumours regarding Radamel Falcao possibly heading to Galatasaray aswell as Emre Mor and we also spoke about Daniel Sturridge potentially joining Trabzonspor this Summer.

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Hello Turcaholics! We hope you enjoyed your bonus episode this week featuring Miran Zore on Yeni Malatyaspor's Europa League qualifier opponent Olimpija Ljubljana. But that was just the appetiser for this week! Burak, Kaan and Özer are back this week with a featured guest: John McManus, the author of 'Welcome to Hell', an excellent book on Turkish football.

You can follow John on Twitter @JohnMcManus06. And as Always you can follow us @FootiealaTurca, or individually Kaan @Razzerian, Özer @Ataqoz and Burak @Burakiosaurus.

Check out 'Welcome to Hell' for yourself

You can buy a copy to 'Welcome to Hell' on Amazon.

AMAZON.CO.UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Welcome-Hell-Search-Turkish-Football/dp/1474604765/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=welcome+to+hell&qid=1564016031&s=gateway&sr=8-1

AMAZON.COM: https://www.amazon.com/John-McManus/e/B001HCV6EY?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1564016054&sr=8-1

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http://www.patreon.com/FALT/

A special Thank you to Mimar Sinan for producing the music for our show, like his work? Check him out on iTunes and consider buying some of his albums!

BONUS EPISODE

Following a one week absence Football á la Turca returns with a bang, with the first of two episodes this week! This being the bonus episode in which we take a closer look at Yeni Malatyaspor's opponent in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers: Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia.

Miran Zore is the chief editor for Nogomania.com, an authority on the internet when it comes to Slovenian football.

Miran tells us a bit more about Olimpija, the club's recent history, their coach and the city of Ljubljana3

Yeni Malatyaspor will host Olimpija this Thursday at 19:00 CET time (20:00 locally) and the match will be aired live on A spor.

You can follow our guest Miran Zore on Twitter @MiranZore!