Mr Yildirim was detained on Sunday along with his vice-president, according to state media.

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The highest profile suspect is Aziz Yildirim, president of the current national league champions, Fenerbahce.

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Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said it had been "a miracle" that there were not more casualties, AP reports.

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The indictment issued in December charged Mr. Yildirim with being a gang leader, among charges ranging from match-fixing to paying bribes.

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Hasan Yildirim shrugs his shoulders as he sits in Ozgun's barber shop.

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From the Start, I had Miguel Lopez and Cynthia Yildirim, from the ranks of fans, I found my assistant administrators for the page.

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At the courthouse outside Istanbul, more than 1, 000 fans of Turkish league champions Fenerbahce chanted slogans in support of the 93 suspects, including their club's president, Aziz Yildirim.

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Even Mr Yildirim, the imam, accepts that the right way to interpret the Koran is that one should have only as many children as can be adequately cared for.

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Sultan Yildirim Bayezid, for instance, recognizing us as a potential national asset, invited Jews persecuted by King Charles VI into the empire to be resettled in Edirne and the Balkans.

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Bursaspor created a moment of danger when Sercan Yildirim broke down the left and slipped the ball past the covering Smalling but there was nobody in the six-yard box to convert it into a real chance.

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