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Turkiye football ref chief detained pending trial for graft
- Turkiye's football refereeing chief and four others are in pre-trial detention as part of a major graft probe
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ISTANBUL: The head of Turkiye’s football refereeing body and four others were placed in pre-trial detention by a court as part of a graft investigation, state news agency Anadolu said Saturday.
Ferhat Gundogdu, head of the Central Referees Committee (MHK), and six others appeared before a judge on Friday over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process. The court detained five of them and granted the other two conditional release, Anadolu said.
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