22.06.2026 23:40
In the Gebze district of Kocaeli, the 62-year-old goalkeeper coach of amateur league team Beylikbağı Spor became a trending topic on social media when his transfer was perceived as a goalkeeper transfer. While the post garnered over 2 million views in a day, Yunus Türlü said, 'I was also surprised why they showed so much interest.'
Gebze Beylikbağı Sports Club, operating in the Gebze district of Kocaeli, announced on its social media account that it has signed a one-year agreement with a goalkeeper coach.
''WELCOME TO OUR TEAM, YUNUS TÜRLÜ'' Gebze Beylikbağı Sports signed a contract with 62-year-old Yunus Türlü, who has previously worked as a goalkeeper coach at many clubs, and shared the agreement with the title "Welcome to our team, Yunus Türlü."
THE POST EXCEEDED 2 MILLION VIEWS In a statement on its official social media account, Beylikbağı Sports said, "We welcome our valuable goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü, who has joined our technical team in line with our club's goals. We believe that his knowledge, experience, and contributions to football will add significant value to our club, and we wish him success in his new role. As the Beylikbağı Sports family, we hope to achieve many successes together, welcome to our team." This post quickly garnered over 2 million views and was shared by thousands of users. The reason for the interest and sharing was that the statement text was not read, and the goalkeeper coach was mistaken for a player. Those who thought the goalkeeper coach had signed as a goalkeeper for the club left interesting and humorous comments under the post, which became the topic of the day on social media. Counter-comments reacting to the comments made based on the misunderstanding were also written.
After the post, which was shared approximately 70 thousand times and received thousands of likes and hundreds of interesting comments within a few hours, Gebze Beylikbağı Sports made a second post sharing who goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü is, his athletic and technical career. In that post, the club stated: "Our goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü, who sets an example not only with his experience in the goal but also with his character and discipline, continues to pass on years of accumulated knowledge to our young athletes. Having played for many clubs in his football career and contributed to the development of countless athletes in his coaching career, our goalkeeper coach is one of the important assets of the Beylikbağı Sports family with his knowledge, experience, and dedication. We thank our coach, who has left his mark on our community with his leadership on the field, work discipline, and positive impact on our athletes, and we wish him continued success."
''I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS'' Regarding the sudden interest shown in him, goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü said, "We didn't expect anything like this. I have worked at Beylikbağı Sports before. My colleague Coach Eşref Doğmenç called and explained the situation. I didn't believe it. There were also very interesting comments. I don't know why they showed so much interest. I'm at a loss for words. They thought it was a goalkeeper transfer. I am in shock over this. Everyone is calling. I can't even look at the comments because I'm busy answering the phone. People have commented in every possible way. I love my job. I have been at other clubs and have also coached women's teams. We have experienced successes. To be honest, I am surprised why this happened now. Maybe some people resorted to this kind of comment to alleviate the morale issues from our national team's recent results. People have used it as an opportunity to have fun. Still, I thank everyone who showed interest."
''LUCK SOMETIMES SMILES ON PEOPLE EVEN IN OLD AGE'' Stating that he enjoys his work, the experienced goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü said, "I am someone who loves his job, wants to help people in every way, and dedicates himself to his work. We have tried to give the best character to the young people and students we train. Even during our playing days in our youth, we had a likable personality. I played for years. I was a legendary goalkeeper back then. Then I started coaching. It was my fellow coaches who pushed me into this. They said, 'We need you.' That’s how I started. It continued like that. I live this job when I train my goalkeepers. Normally, I have a UEFA C license. But truly, people who love this job can give the right things to children. I believed that because I am passionate about it and come from a goalkeeping background, I would be more effective in goalkeeper training. I was going to go for Goalkeeper B, but the course fees were high, so I couldn't attend. I am 62 years old. If things had happened when I was young, I would have done a lot, but luck can smile on people even after they grow old. Our age is known, but our spirit is 20. I am very energetic right now. I have no bad habits. I continue to work."