"Anadolu said that among those detained in that operation, Galatasaray player Metehan Baltaci and Fenerbahce player Mert Hakan Yandas, as well as former Adana Demirspor President Murat Sancak, were now formally arrested and jailed. Anadolu reported Baltaci as telling the court that he had placed bets on a few matches when he was a youth team player and had not done so after he joined the Galatasaray first team."
"Representatives of the two players and the former club official could not immediately be reached for comment. Last month, Turkiye's football federation (TFF) suspended 149 referees and assistants after an investigation found that officials in the professional leagues were betting on games. The net then widened with the arrest of eight people, including the chairman of a top-tier club, and the suspension of 1,024 players from all leagues, on whom the TFF imposed bans."
A Turkish court jailed 20 suspects pending trial in a widening football betting investigation. Prosecutors previously ordered the arrest of 46 people, including players, club presidents, commentators and a referee, over insider betting in Turkiye's professional leagues. Galatasaray player Metehan Baltaci, Fenerbahce player Mert Hakan Yandas and former Adana Demirspor President Murat Sancak were formally arrested and jailed. Baltaci said he bet only as a youth team player and not after joining the first team. Yandas denied involvement in gambling and Sancak denied having a gambling account. The Turkiye Football Federation suspended hundreds of officials and over a thousand players as the probe expanded.
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