26.12.2025 20:20
The Turkish Football Federation has referred 9 referees and 42 representatives to the Professional Football Discipline Board as part of a betting investigation. Among those referred to the disciplinary board is Super League referee Ali Palabıyık.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Legal Consultancy announced that it has referred 9 referees and 42 representatives to the Professional Football Discipline Board (PFDK) as part of a betting investigation.
In a statement made by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), it was reported that a total of 42 representatives were provisionally referred to disciplinary action for allegedly placing bets on football matches; among them, 11 are from the upper class, 21 from the class, 2 from the new class, and 8 are federation security and accreditation representatives.
BETTING INVESTIGATION HAS REACHED THEM TOO
Additionally, the federation announced that an official letter was sent to the Sports Toto Organization Presidency to determine whether 33 representatives, who submitted their resignations to the TFF during the ongoing betting investigation process, had placed bets on football matches.
The representatives referred to the PFDK are as follows:
"UPPER CLASS: Ömer Dalman, Berk Özbek, Serkan Kural, Ali Okçuoğlu, Murat Yamak, Levent Karabudak, Hayri Çavuşoğlu, Ahmet Muhtar Akıncı, Serkan Sarıöz, Ertan Bekar, Harun Dağdeviren
CLASS: Ziya Dilmen, Hakan Baş, Murat Ilgın, Murat Bingöl, Volkan Alptekin, Burak Uğurlu, Ertan Sarıkaya, Uğur Gülsoy, Ulaş İnci, Ahmet Aktaş, Ertuğrul Büyükce, Muhammet Özçakan, Murat Ali Aras, Necmettin Cihan Korucu, Ümit Doğan Üstün, Azmi Ekmen, Bülent Koç, Ramazan Altuntaş, Ramazan Çolak, Serkan Varol, Şekip Akın
FEDERATION SECURITY AND ACCREDITATION: Cengiz Önen, Ahmet Aksoyek, Erkan Güldaş, Bilal Satıcı, Engin Bayraktar, Soner Özdemir, İlter Öz, Mert Ruhi Elmas
NEW CLASS: Önder Algül, Sertaç Erdem"
9 REFEREES REFERRED TO PFDK
On the other hand, the TFF has also referred 9 referees to the PFDK. Among the referees referred is Super League referee Ali Payabıyık. The names of the referees in question are as follows:
SUPER LEAGUE: Ali Palabıyık
CLASS REFEREE: Alper Oran, Erhan Kutlu
CLASS ASSISTANT REFEREE: Ali Tuna, Berkay Daban, Halit Karacabay, Okan Akbal, Sedat Etik
PROVINCIAL REFEREE: Yusuf Bozdoğan
30 OBSERVERS REFERRED TO PFDK
The Turkish Football Federation had previously announced that a total of 30 observers, including 5 from the upper class, who were found to have placed bets as part of the betting investigation, were referred to the Professional Football Discipline Board.