Aziz Yıldırım

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]

Aziz Yıldırım
President of Fenerbahçe SK
In office 14 February 1998 – 3 June 2018
Preceded by	Ali Haydar Şen
Succeeded by	Ali Koç
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-02) 2 November 1952 (age 71) Ergani, Turkey
Spouses	Yıldız Yıldırım ​ ​ (m. 1981⁠–⁠2010)​ Gonca Çelikkıran ​ (m. 2011)​
Alma mater	Ankara Devlet Mühendislik Mimarlık Akademisi[1]
Profession	Engineer

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

Main article: 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.

References

1. Profile on biyografi.info
2. The Board of Directors Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Who is who?". Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
4. "Aziz Yıldırım 365 gün sonra serbest kaldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2 July 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
5. "Özel yetkili mahkemeler kaldırıldı".
6. "Aziz Yıldırım'a yeniden yargılama - Türkiye- ntvmsnbc.com". www.ntvmsnbc.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
7. "Aziz Yıldırım Sakarya'ya Geldi". AdaHaberleri (in Turkish). 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
8. "Şike Davası 8 Temmuz'a ertelendi". MЭLLЭYET HABER - TЬRKЭYE'NЭN HABER SЭTESЭ. 28 April 2015.
9. "Emniyet Müdürü Mutlu Ekizoğlu meslekten ihraç edildi". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ. 21 April 2015.
10. "Şike Davası'nda karar açıklandı! Aziz Yıldırım ve diğer sanıklar beraat etti".
11. "Fenerbahçe aklandı! Şimde ne olacak? - Güncel - Ülke.com.tr". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
12. Keddie, Patrick (1 June 2018). "Election Day for a Beleaguered Turkish Soccer Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

External links

• Media related to Aziz Yıldırım at Wikimedia Commons
• Fenerbahçe official website