26.07.2025 15:50
In September, Fenerbahçe will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly, and a meeting of the High Advisory Board was organized. Former president Aziz Yıldırım took the podium to address the yellow-navy blue community. Yıldırım stated, "If I left a debt of 612 million euros, I am dishonorable; if I didn't, those who say so are dishonorable!"
In the Fenerbahçe High Advisory Board Meeting, former president Aziz Yıldırım made statements.
"IF I DID THIS, I AM DISHONORABLE"
Speaking at the meeting, Aziz Yıldırım said, "They say Aziz Yıldırım left a debt of 612 million euros. If I did this, I am dishonorable. Those who say this are also dishonorable. How much is Fenerbahçe's debt? Come on then. Where is the Audit Committee report? Mr. Ali tells me, 'You didn't say anything against Galatasaray.' I called their presidents 'sineks,' and they couldn't respond. What else can I say?"
Here are the highlights from Aziz Yıldırım's speech, who stated that holding the election in September is wrong:
AZIZ YILDIRIM'S SPEECH
After coming to the podium, former Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım first said, "In no club, except for amateur branches, which were also done by Aziz Yıldırım and his friends. The girls' basketball team was in 1907, we were about to close it when I came. Galatasaray was ahead 13-0. We brought 13-0 to 13-13. No need for applause or anything. I will explain, I am full. I am full, I mean, I am full!"
"GALATASARAY WAS AHEAD 13-0!"
In no club, except for amateur branches, which were also done by Aziz Yıldırım and his friends. The girls' basketball team was in 1907, we were about to close it when I came. Galatasaray was ahead 13-0. We brought 13-0 to 13-13. No need for applause or anything. I will explain, I am full. I am full, I mean, I am full!
"HOW MUCH IS FENERBAHÇE'S DEBT?"
What is the High Advisory Board? I read from the statute, 'The High Advisory Board advises the management on administrative, financial, legal, sports, and social issues concerning the club's development and future within the framework of legislation and budget obligations. It reviews the audit committee report to be provided by the management board every 3 months.' Was the audit committee report given? I, Aziz Yıldırım, was a member under the management of Metin Aşık, whom I remember with mercy in 1990. During the late Güven Sazak, the late Hasan Özaydınlı, and then Ali Şen's periods, and then for 20 years during Aziz Yıldırım's period, we never did it without the audit committee report coming to the Council. This is the second time in the 7-year Ali Koç period. How much is Fenerbahçe's debt? Come on then!"
"I CALLED THE GALATASARAY PRESIDENT 'SINEK İKİLİ'"
Let's be united against the outside, we are ready for everything! Mr. Ali says from there, 'He didn't say anything against Galatasaray.' I called their presidents 'sineks,' and they couldn't make a sound!
"WE ARE 10 YEARS BEHIND!"
Being strong comes from winning. If we can't win in football, there can be no success. As of the end of this year, there is a 6 championship difference, 2 of which are due to me. 4 years have passed. Our problem is not the congress in September. Know this well. If the congress is held in September, Ali President continues, Aziz President continues, that's not the issue. We are 10 years behind. If this continues, I will make this speech here again, just so you know.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT THIS PLACE!"
I would have expected you to leave this place because the audit committee was not read; we would have left this place. How much debt do we have?
"THOSE WHO SAY 612 MILLION EURO ARE DISHONORABLE"
Is the debt 25 billion today? I will tell very interesting things. I came with documents. Again, they say Aziz Yıldırım left a debt of 612 million euros; if I did this, I am dishonorable, and those who say this are also dishonorable. Let them come here! They repeat the same things on paper. I will explain one by one. Everyone please understand. After that, let them say Aziz Yıldırım is lying.
"I WAS NOT ACQUITTED, I LIVED WITH THAT SHAME"
Last year, didn't we talk on TV with Ali Koç? I was going to sell all my assets for 300 million, including the hall, but he said it wouldn't work, and we closed the topic. They agreed with the Banks Association. Mr. Ali takes the signatures very seriously and makes comments. I will comment. Aziz Yıldırım and his friends were not acquitted by Mr. Ali's management in November 2018 at Fenerbahçe Sportif AŞ. I roamed as a former president who was not acquitted for 2 years. I lived with that shame. What did Aziz Yıldırım do! Who made this place, you are sitting here. Who made this place! How did the club do it, leave the club, I did it! Leave it! I gave the money, I did it, leave it for God's sake.
"NOT BEING ACQUITTED IS WRONG."
We went to the match in Konya, I saw the hall there, it was said to be very high at 9 meters, we lowered it to 6 meters and did it. We built the stadium. Today, they said there is nearly 100 million dollars in revenue from the stadium, I don't know if my information is correct or not. I rented the Topuk Plateau and did it. I built facilities. I did it in Ankara. I built Dereağzı. Thanks millions to Murat Ülker for the closed hall, I had it built. I was not acquitted. There is 600 million in assets. We did not acquit it in Football AŞ because it was bankrupt. In the following years, it is written that Sportif AŞ is bankrupt in all of them. The next management will not acquit these friends either. Is it wrong or right! No, not being acquitted is wrong; such a custom can be said to not exist in Fenerbahçe, but they did not acquit us.
"I WROTE A LETTER TO ALİ KOÇ"
In the 2018 congress, we may not be acquitted until June, but we brought it, and we had it acquitted. In the ordinary financial general assembly in 2019, they brought us, who were acquitted at that date, as if we were not acquitted. I wrote a letter to Ali Koç, saying, 'We were acquitted; if you put us in a position of not acquitting us, the validity of your election will be invalid, and therefore 1 year of work will be wasted.' On the same day as the congress, they took it out of the story of what will be done. It appeared that we were acquitted.
"I TOLD ALİ BEY TO 'HOLD THE ELECTION IN JUNE'"
Ali Bey said, 'They will not acquit us.' This is wrong. Holding the election in September is also wrong. You came to me in May. There were Şekip Bey and Hulusi Bey. It was the end of May; you were going to the basketball match. We congratulate all of them. You go and talk to those who are candidates, 'I am here for another year as president. Let me stay. If I can't make you champions, I will leave,' I said. Go out to the community and say, 'I am making a congress decision in June; I want a vote of confidence,' I said. Did I tell Ali Bey! Huh. What did you say, 'Let me go to the match, we will come and talk,' you said. You didn't come. You didn't call. When you didn't come, I made a statement. I said if there are 16,464 signatures, I will be a candidate. The election to be held in September will harm this community; know this. Even if you win, even if someone else wins, this community will be hurt. You are making the transfers; you are doing everything; if the result is adverse, it will be a shame for this club. Please reconsider. I say this as a big person.
"THEY DID NOT PAY THE PRINCIPAL!"
Let's come to the money issue. They say Aziz Yıldırım left a debt of 612 million. Now, on June 1, 2020, Fenerbahçe Sports Club, like other clubs, agreed with the Banks Association. In this agreement, all our debts were collected by the banks, converted to the then TL, and managed that way. On June 1, 2021, we approved all our debts by agreeing with the Banks Association with a sum of 3 billion 202 million and some change. There was a 50 million dollar loan taken from Yapı Kredi Bank, which was also included in this debt. In the financial report we provided in May 2018, there was a debt of 1.950 billion. 220-230 million was in dollars and euros, the rest was in TL. They said 400 million euros to make it easier for us.
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The real amount was 2 billion TL. If I'm lying, insult me, write, draw, come talk to me. Then what happened, a new management came. They made expenditures. They took 50 million dollars from the bank. They tied all of it to 3.2 billion with the Banks Association on June 1, 2020. They did not pay any money from the principal.
"1 BILLION 391 MILLION INTEREST!"
The president said that banks cut 50% from the revenues. I don't see it here. He can explain. We accept it. It's not here, it doesn't show. It doesn't seem like the principal was paid until the end of 2023. It seems that 48 million 243 thousand principal was paid in 2023 and 2024. We came to 2024 and we said in TV speeches, in congress activities, that we must definitely get out of the Banks Association, because of the 49% interest. In the first 2 years they turned this money, there was an interest rate between 8.5% and 12.5% in TL. At that time, there were also interest rates of 5-6% in dollar and euro exchange rates. Returning to TL was a smart move at that time, I congratulate you. This needed to be urgently converted to the exchange rate in 2023 and 2024, not all clubs did it. Fenerbahçe paid 1 billion 391 million in interest.
"HOW WILL YOU CLOSE THE DEBT?"
In 2024 and 2025, 1 billion 598 million in debt was paid. They paid more than 3 times the principal in interest. This needs to be stopped immediately. It's a shame. It's a lot of money. The Banks Association could not close its debt. Let them come and explain how they will close it.
"YOU SOLD MY PLAYERS!"
After I left the club, they sold players for nearly 50 million. Money came into the club. They made a total of 45 million euros with Fernandao, Eljif Elmas, Giuliano, Josef de Souza, and basketball. When these were sold, money came into the club. Also, my company, which I established, opened in this hall in 2004, Sportif AŞ! By 2011, it had reached a capital of 1.8 billion dollars. Forbes had written about it. That company was harmed with July 3. They sold shares, there was an inflow of nearly 25 million. I passed a law, I worked for 15 years. The money spent by professionals should be spent on amateurs. There was an inflow of nearly 100 million euros from there.
"WE AGREED WITH ALİ BEY FOR 300 MILLION!"
We agreed with Ali Bey for 300 million in the last TV conversation, I had bought all the assets. All clubs, not just Fenerbahçe, did not pay any money from the principal excluding interest. Our club converted the principal from 5.62 dollars to 3.2. Others converted from 5. They took 50 million dollars, they ended up borrowing less than us. 5.62, let's say 6 dollars. Now let's say the dollar is 40. If we divide 40 by 6, it means that TL has fallen 7 times on its own. A debt of 3 billion, which was divided by 6, has now fallen to 80-90. No one should say I drew water from the well.
TO HAMDI AKIN; "DON'T MAKE ME ATTACK YOU"
Aziz Yıldırım got angry and reacted when executive Hamdi Akın said, "There is no economic situation as you describe";
"Look, the Banks Association gave me this. Let him read it. This document given to me. Hamdi (Akın). Hamdi. Look, don't make me attack you. I didn't come here with that intention. Don't make me attack you. Sit where you are. Don't make me attack you. Look, don't make me attack you."
EROL BİLECİK'S REACTION
There is an enormous opposition in Fenerbahçe. This opposition does not stop day and night. It produces everything. Is there such an opposition, man, is there such an opposition!
Erol Bilecik was telling here. If he had come here, look at what I would have told. I will talk to him. I said to you, 'There is a kid in the box, is he Erol's son?' No, I said, 'That's his son,' Hulusi said, 'I know that too.' He was wearing a Galatasaray jersey. Erol is also bothering me. Man, I didn't say anything to you!"
"NO ONE SPEAKS EXCEPT ME!"
I spoke 1-2 times in 7 years. No one speaks except me. Everyone is waiting for me. I became president by 1 vote on February 15, 1998, God granted it. An honor, a dignity. There was a Fenerbahçe - Galatasaray match in the evening, at Ali Sami Yen across. I went to the locker room at halftime, it was 1-1, I guess. Vefa Bey's list was elected, they were all there. I was alone there. After the match, I went home. All the athletes went to Mr. Ali Şen's house. This was the opposition in Fenerbahçe. There is no opposition in Fenerbahçe right now. Social media is writing. I don't have it. I don't read. Let them write whatever they want. If you follow, you will be influenced.
"GALATASARAY IS EVERYWHERE!"
Aziz Yıldırım: "The majority is with Galatasaray everywhere. We must first accept this. A relative of mine bought a jersey for his child, took the child to Fenerium to get a number written, the child said 45, Osimhen."
A member: "Are we going to talk about Galatasaray here?"
Aziz Yıldırım: "I am the president of the team that beat Galatasaray 6-0. Everyone is crying here, blood. All Fenerbahçeliler are crying blood. The issue here is that I should be the president, Sadettin Bey came, etc., this is not it. Look, we can't catch up. In 2006, Celal Doğan was saying, 'Let's block Fenerbahçe's way.' Today we must all do our best. Let's support, but let's speak openly. Who is being obstructive? My father was a very manly man. A real man dies once, he used to say. We will die once."
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