Barış Göktürk Denies Reports of His Resignation

Fenerbahçe Acting President Barış Göktürk denied reports about his resignation in a statement posted on his social media account. Göktürk said that the reports about his resignation are not true.

Explaining that the resignation petitions of the board members were submitted to the discretion of Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım in order to ease his burden, Göktürk stressed that there is no individual resignation decision from him. Meanwhile, former Fenerbahçe footballer Bülent Uygun claimed that Aziz Yıldırım had asked "all executives to resign." Following this claim, Barış Göktürk announced that all board members had submitted their resignation petitions to Aziz Yıldırım's discretion.

Source: Kibris Gazetesi Spor

Correction (03.11.2026): The phrase "Following this claim, Barış Göktürk announced that all board members had resigned." was replaced with "Following this claim, Göktürk announced that all board members had submitted their resignation petitions to Aziz Yıldırım's discretion..