Marked for Halil Eray Aktaş
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad12 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Ali Şaşal Vural out for 102 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Adana Demirspor will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Adana Demirspor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Halil Eray Aktaş is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Gökhan Sazdağı joins from Besiktas in a deal worth $2.2M. Now comes the harder part.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Adana Demirspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kürşat Küçük 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.
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Crisis
Match22 Aug 2026
A 0‑5 beating by Besiktas was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kürşat Küçük in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Adana Demirspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Yücel Gürol
“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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Adana Demirspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mariano Miño 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Beaten 5 times, with 4 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Kürşat Küçük hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Adana Demirspor can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fatih Aksoy gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Fatih Aksoy has just signed for Adana Demirspor, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Murat Eser and Adana Demirspor agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Adana Demirspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kürşat Küçük 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Murat Eser
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Adana Demirspor
Facundo Melivilo arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.