03.11.2026 17:50
The words that Emre Belözoğlu, who is said to have reached an agreement for Fenerbahçe's head coaching position, said to Aziz Yıldırım in 2014 have started to be shared again. After his prison sentence was upheld, Yıldırım, who bade farewell to the players at Samandıra, could not hold back his tears during the speech of Belözoğlu, the team captain at the time.
With Emre Belözoğlu's name coming to the fore for the head coach position at Fenerbahçe, the emotional moments experienced on 18 April 2014 were remembered again. At the meeting where Aziz Yıldırım, then Fenerbahçe President, came together with the players at the Samandıra Can Bartu Facilities after his prison sentence was upheld, the speech made by team captain Emre Belözoğlu drew attention.
AZIZ YILDIRIM HAD SAID FAREWELL TO THE TEAM
Aziz Yıldırım, who visited Fenerbahçe's training in Samandıra on the morning of 18 April 2014, gathered the players around him and gave a farewell speech. Yıldırım, who met with the team after the Court of Cassation upheld the prison sentence, asked his players for forgiveness.
It was learned that Yıldırım said to the players, "Grant me your forgiveness." In an earlier statement regarding the court decision, the experienced president had said, "Did I commit a crime that I should expect a pardon or postponement? I will go and serve my sentence."
EMRE BELÖZOĞLU'S WORDS MADE YILDIRIM CRY
After Aziz Yıldırım's speech, the then team captain Emre Belözoğlu took the floor and addressed the club president, saying, "We are the children of this community, and you are its father. Shame on those who made us experience this process."
After these words by Belözoğlu, Aziz Yıldırım was seen unable to hold back his tears. The words Yıldırım expressed at that meeting, "We became friends with people for Fenerbahçe, but it is also very beautiful to make enemies with people for Fenerbahçe..." had also remained in memory.
REMEMBERED AGAIN AFTER 12 YEARS
After reports that Fenerbahçe had reached an agreement with Emre Belözoğlu for the head coach position, these moments from 2014 began to be shared again. Belözoğlu's words addressed to Aziz Yıldırım and the footage of Yıldırım unable to hold back his tears attracted attention again after 12 years.