The Istanbulspor Gazette
Market7 Sep 2026
Dijlan Aydın asks to leave Istanbulspor
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Istanbulspor close the window on a squad of their own making
17 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Istanbulspor rebuffed over Bahadır Öztürk
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Antalyaspor have kept their man, and Istanbulspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Istanbulspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adryan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for İsak Vural
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. İsak Vural has come out of that comparison in the side, and Istanbulspor have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Muhammed Mert
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
İzzet Erdal slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. İzzet Erdal is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Istanbulspor take the armband off Mario Krstovski
It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Mario Krstovski knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mario Krstovski trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Looking ahead Michael Ologo faces his old club
- Market Window shut, David Sambissa still here
- Market Camilo Núñez joins Istanbulspor on a free