Istanbul (AFP) – Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan and other Turkish football stars on Wednesday backed a campaign pushing for a "Yes" vote in the referendum on giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater powers. Turan and his fellow former Galatasaray star Burak Yilmaz, who now plays for Beijing Guoan, joined a social media campaign started by […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – Turkey coach Fatih Terim had harsh words for Turkish fans who booed star player Arda Turan during his side's 3-0 defeat by Spain in Nice on Sunday. "Whatever happens that shouldn't happen," he told media at the Stadium Nice after the Group D tie. "I think the expectations were very high […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Arda Turan, who rose from a tough upbringing in a working class Istanbul district to join Barcelona in the highest-profile move ever by a Turkish footballer, has to prove his international class at Euro 2016. No other Turkish player comes close to the profile of Turan, who moved to Atletico Madrid in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said the European champions will do everything in their power to try and register one of Arda Turan or Aleix Vidal before January. Both players were signed by the Catalan giants in the summer, but at the moment can't feature until the new year. Barca were handed […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan has moved to quickly dismiss reports emanating from Spain linking him with a switch to Barcelona. Earlier today, the Catalan daily SPORT reported that the Turkey international had snubbed a reported move to England (specifically Chelsea) in order to link up with the reigning champions of Spain and Europe next season. […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan has snubbed a move to Chelsea in favor of joining Barcelona, according to a report from the Catalan daily SPORT. Just a few days ago, it was believed that Chelsea had secured the services of the Turkey international with the understanding that left-back Filipe Luis would eventually move the other […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan has confirmed reports linking him with a move away from the Vicente Calderon this summer. In February, Ahmet Bulut (Turan's agent) told Mundo Deportivo that the 28-year-old would leave the club at the end of the season with his desired destination being one of the "top eight clubs in Europe". Bulut went on to […]

Atletico Madrid are reportedly monitoring Fenerbahce midfielder Alper Potuk, with the club seeing the young Turk as a potential replacement for Arda Turan. This week, Turan's representative Ahmet Bulut informed the media that his client would leave the club at the end of the season for one of Europe's top teams. Following that news, we've learned that Atletico are actively looking for […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan will leave the Spanish champions at the end of the season, according to the player's agent. With the Turkey international turning 28 last week, Turan's representative Ahmet Bulut believes now is the time for his client to move on and receive a bumper payday. Bulut says he will only consider […]

The referee who showed Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan a yellow card for throwing his boot at a linesman during the Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday has been suspended for two weeks. While Turan escaped further sanction from the RFEF's Competitions Committee, referee Gil Manzano – the man who was in charge of the […]

Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan celebrated his 28th birthday last night and was presented with a "boot cake" by family and friends. The celebratory dessert was decorated in the club's colors and was an obvious reference to the controversial incident from Wednesday night's Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg against Barcelona when the Turkish player hurled his […]