Author: Daily Sabah With Agencies

Beşiktaş secured a dominant 4-1 victory over Adana Demirspor in their Süper Lig 35th-week clash, boosting their points tally to 58 and keeping their European qualification hopes alive. Rafa Silva and Milot Rashica put the hosts ahead with goals that saw them lead 2-0, although Adana Demirspor’s Arda Okan Kurtulan reduced the deficit just before halftime, leaving the score at 2-1. The second half saw Beşiktaş tighten their grip on the match. Ciro Immobile extended the lead to 3-1 in the 62nd minute, and Joao Mario sealed the win with an 83rd-minute goal, completing a strong 4-1 result. Winning streak…

Sevilla players were trapped inside their training facility overnight Saturday after a mob of furious fans responded violently to the team’s 3-2 loss at 10-man Celta Vigo, a result that left the club teetering above the La Liga relegation zone. Roughly 100 ultras gathered outside the Jose Ramon Cisneros Palacios complex, hurling projectiles at the returning team bus and tearing down the main gate. Social media footage showed pyrotechnics lighting the night sky as chants rang out in rage, with some fans attempting to breach the facility. Police intervened to prevent further escalation, but the damage – physical and psychological…

Bayer Leverkusen’s final home game under Xabi Alonso’s reign ended in disappointment as Borussia Dortmund claimed a 4-2 victory, putting a dent in the hosts’ hopes while boosting Dortmund’s Champions League ambitions. Alonso, who led Leverkusen to their historic Bundesliga title and German Cup last season, announced his departure from the club on Friday, with Real Madrid tipped as his likely destination. His farewell was met with heartfelt tributes from the fans, who held up banners and chanted “Danke Xabi” before the match. However, Dortmund, despite being pinned back for much of the first half, came to life after falling…

Türkiye is ready to host negotiations for a cease-fire and permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine, President Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday. Erdoğan held a key phone call wıth Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin amid Moscow’s overtures for cease-fire negotiations with Ukraine. His comments came during a phone call with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, the presidential office confirmed. Erdoğan told Macron that a “historic turning point” has been reached in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. “A historic turning point has been reached in efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, that this opportunity must be seized, and that Türkiye…

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host his counterparts on May 14-15 in Antalya, the Turkish city that last hosted an international diplomacy forum bringing together heads of state and government. The NATO foreign ministers’ informal meeting held over two days will be attended by representatives of 32 members of the bloc. A preparatory meeting for next June’s NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, the Antalya gathering is expected to focus on the defense expenditures of members. Europe’s defenses are a hot topic amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the new U.S. administration’s opinion that the continent…

Galatasaray tightened its grip on the Süper Lig title with a statement 2-0 win at Trabzonspor on Saturday, extending its unbeaten run against the Black Sea side to six matches and moving within a single point of clinching its 25th championship. After a tense, scoreless first half in front of a lively Trabzon crowd, the Lions roared in the second. Defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı broke the deadlock with a towering header in the 66th minute, while Alvaro Morata sealed the victory in the 84th, coolly slotting in his sixth goal since arriving in January. Galatasaray’s latest triumph pushed their season tally…

Galatasaray tightened its grip on the Süper Lig title with a statement 2-0 win at Trabzonspor on Saturday, extending its unbeaten run against the Black Sea side to six matches and moving within a single point of clinching its 25th championship. After a tense, scoreless first half in front of a lively Trabzon crowd, the Lions roared in the second. Defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı broke the deadlock with a towering header in the 66th minute, while Alvaro Morata sealed the victory in the 84th, coolly slotting in his sixth goal since arriving in January. Galatasaray’s latest triumph pushed their season tally…

Galatasaray tightened its grip on the Süper Lig title with a statement 2-0 win at Trabzonspor on Saturday, extending its unbeaten run against the Black Sea side to six matches and moving within a single point of clinching its 25th championship. After a tense, scoreless first half in front of a lively Trabzon crowd, the Lions roared in the second. Defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı broke the deadlock with a towering header in the 66th minute, while Alvaro Morata sealed the victory in the 84th, coolly slotting in his sixth goal since arriving in January. Galatasaray’s latest triumph pushed their season tally…

Türkiye welcomed the cease-fire declared Saturday between India and Pakistan, calling it a critical opportunity for dialogue and long-term stability in South Asia after one of the most dangerous flare-ups between the two nuclear-armed rivals in recent years. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry urged both nations to “make maximum use of the opportunity provided by the cease-fire to establish a direct and healthy dialogue.” The ministry emphasized the urgent need to bolster communication channels – particularly in counter-terrorism – to prevent future escalations. An outburst of missile fire on Saturday marked the most serious spike in tensions since…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled a broad range of state-backed family incentives while vowing to defend traditional values and national unity against what he called harmful social trends and terror threats. Speaking at the “Strong Family with Mother, Strong Türkiye with Family” program organized by the AK Party’s Women’s Branch, Erdoğan said 2025 had been declared the “Year of the Family,” and introduced new financial supports to encourage childbirth and marriage. He announced that families would receive a one-time payment of TL 5,000 ($130) for their first child, TL 1,500 per month for the second child until the age of…