Aziz Yıldırım Explained

Aziz Yıldırım
Office:	President of Fenerbahçe SK
Term Start:	14 February 1998
Term End:	3 June 2018
Successor:	Ali Koç
Birth Date:	1952 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Ergani, Turkey
Alma Mater:	Ankara Devlet Mühendislik Mimarlık Akademisi^[1]
Profession:	Engineer

Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952) was the 36th chairman of the Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK.^[2] He lost the election held on 3 June 2018 to Ali Koç which made him the 37th president of the Turkish club. He served the club as the president from 1998 to 2018. He has a degree in civil engineering.^[3]

Club's honours

Football

• UEFA Champions League : 2007–08 (quarter-final)
• UEFA Europa League : 2012–13 (semi-final)
• Turkish Süper Lig (6) : 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2013–14
• Türkiye Kupası (2): 2011-2012, 2012-2013
• Süper Kupa (3): 2007, 2009, 2014
• Başbakanlık Kupası (1) : 1998
• Atatürk Kupası (1) : 1998

Men's basketball

• EuroLeague (1): 2016–17, 2015–16 (runner-up), 2017–18 (runner-up), 2014–15 (Fourth)
• TBL (7): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Türkiye Kupası (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16
• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (4): 2006–07, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17

Women's basketball

• EuroLeague Women

2012–13 (runner-up), 2013–14 (runner-up), 2016–17 (runner-up), 2015–16 (Third), 2011–12 (Fourth), 2014–15 (Fourth)

• TKBL (13): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18
• Türkiye Kupası (11): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (11): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Men's volleyball

• CEV Challenge Cup (1) : 2013–14
• BVA Kupası (2): 2009–10, 2013–14
  • Voleybol Ligi (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Türkiye Kupası (3): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
• Voleybol Süper Kupa (3): 2011, 2012, 2017

Women's volleyball

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (1): 2010, 2012 (Third)
• Women's CEV Champions League (1): 2011–12, 2009–10 (runner-up), 2015–16, 2010–11 (Third)
• Women's CEV Cup (1): 2013–14, 2012–13 (runner-up), 2008–09 (Third)
• Voleybol Ligi (5): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17
• Türkiye Kupası (3): 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17
• Voleybol Süper Kupa (3): 2009, 2010, 2015

Athletics

• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası (men's) (1): 1998, 2006 (runner-up)
• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası (women's)

1998 (runner-up)

Boxing

• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası

1999 (runner-up)

Swimming

• CIJ Meet Kupası (2): 2004, 2005

Table Tennis

• ETTU Champions League (1) : 2014–15, 2013–14 (runner-up)
• ETTU Kupası (2): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2007–08 (runner-up)

Personal life

Yıldırım was born in Ergani. He has 3 daughters, two of whom are from his first marriage.

2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal

On 2 July 2012, a Turkish "Special Authority Court" sentenced Yıldırım to three years and nine months for match-fixing and two years and six months for forming an illegal organisation. The sentence was later approved by the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals. He was detained for one year in Metris Prison together with several other sportspeople involved in the scandal. However, on 6 March 2014 special authority courts were abolished in Turkey. On 23 July 2014, his earlier retrial demand was accepted, meaning that he and all the people involved will have a retrial about this case.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} The first trial of the retrial process was made on 24 April 2015. On 9 October 2015, the courts acquitted Aziz Yıldırım and all the people who were charged at the beginning of the investigation, pending the Supreme Court's approval. Fenerbahce declared that after the Supreme Court's approval, they would take every action to be compensated from all of the damages that has been done to the club by this investigation and previous court rulings.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} In June 2018 Yildirim faced fierce competition in his bid to be reelected president of Fenerbahce, a role he had held since 1998^[12] in which he lost to Ali Koç.

Notes and References

1. http://www.biyografi.info/kisi/aziz-yildirim Profile on biyografi.info
2. http://www.fenerbahce.org/eng/kurumsaldetay.asp?ContentID=9 The Board of Directors
3. Web site: Who is who? . 19 August 2010 . 5 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005010753/http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=2601 . dead .
4. News: Aziz Yıldırım 365 gün sonra serbest kaldı . . 2012-07-02 . Turkish . 2014-03-03 .
5. Web site: Özel yetkili mahkemeler kaldırıldı.
6. Web site: Aziz Yıldırım'a yeniden yargılama - Türkiye- ntvmsnbc.com . www.ntvmsnbc.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626025200/http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25522653 . 2014-06-26.
7. News: Aziz Yıldırım Sakarya'ya Geldi . . 2014-09-27 . Turkish . 2014-09-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141001230121/http://www.adahaberleri.com/spor/aziz-yildirim-sakarya-fenerbahce-spor-kulubu-dernegi-acilisina-katildi-h574.html . 1 October 2014.
8. Web site: Şike Davası 8 Temmuz'a ertelendi. 28 April 2015. MЭLLЭYET HABER - TЬRKЭYE'NЭN HABER SЭTESЭ.
9. Web site: Emniyet Müdürü Mutlu Ekizoğlu meslekten ihraç edildi. 21 April 2015. MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ.
10. Web site: Şike Davası'nda karar açıklandı! Aziz Yıldırım ve diğer sanıklar beraat etti.
11. Web site: Fenerbahçe aklandı! Şimde ne olacak? - Güncel - Ülke.com.tr . 10 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004832/http://www.ulke.com.tr/guncel/haber/314386-fenerbahce-aklandi-simde-ne-olacak . 21 December 2016 . dead .
12. News: Keddie . Patrick . 2018-06-01 . Election Day for a Beleaguered Turkish Soccer Power . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-31 . 0362-4331.