Turkish football club MKE Ankaragucu have defended their former president Faruk Koca as being the “target of one-sided public perception” after he was sentenced to more than three years in prison for assaulting a referee last year.

MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca throws a punch at referee Halil Umut Meler after the Turkish Super Lig game with Caykur Rizespor A Turkish court sentenced a former top-flightRead

Former Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison after physically assaulting referee Umut Meler after a Turkish Super Lig match in late 2023.

A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game match last season

A former football chief in Turkey's Super Lig has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over an on-pitch attack on a referee.

Turkish football club Ankaragucu defend their former president Faruk Koca after he was sentenced to jail for assaulting a referee.

A former high-ranking Turkish soccer executive was handed down a lengthy prison sentence on Monday in the aftermath of his attack on a referee last season. A Turkish court sentenced former Ankaragucu team president Faruk Koca to more than three years in prison after he was convicted for an assault on referee Halil Umut Meler following a Super Lig contest against Caykur Rizespor last year.