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Eight suspects released in match-fixing investigation

12 December 2011 19:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Eight jailed suspects were released on Monday pending trial by the 16th Ä°stanbul High Criminal Court at the request of their lawyers as part of an unprecedented match-fixing investigation that has rocked Turkish football this year, APA reports quoting todayszaman.com webpage.

BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Deputy Chairman Serdar AdalÄ±, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ protocol and security chief Ahmet AteÅŸ, coach Tayfur HavutÃ§u, Ä°stanbul BÃ¼yÃ¼kÅŸehir Belediyespor (Ä°BB) players Ä°brahim AkÄ±n and Ä°skender AlÄ±n, Sivasspor goalkeeper Korcan Ã‡elikay and DiyarbakÄ±rspor player Abdurrahman Yakut are the jailed suspects who were released.

AdalÄ±, HavutÃ§u and AteÅŸ were arrested in July as part of the match-fixing probe. However, the suspects have been prohibited from traveling outside of the country.

BeÅŸiktaÅŸ officials are suspected of having rigged the match BeÅŸiktaÅŸ played against Ä°BB, in which the team won the cup. BeÅŸiktaÅŸ beat Ä°BB 4-3 on penalties after their match in the 49th Ziraat Turkish Cup final ended 2-2 at full time and extra time.

AkÄ±n reportedly confessed during his testimony that BeÅŸiktaÅŸ pledged to offer him a position with their club if he agreed not to score any goals during the BeÅŸiktaÅŸ-Ä°BB match. As of the time the eight suspects were released, there are now 23 jailed suspects out of a total of 93 suspects in the investigation, and 14 players stand accused for their alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.