The Basaksehir Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Hatayspor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Basaksehir did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Festy Ebosele stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Festy Ebosele and Basaksehir agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Basaksehir
Andreas Skov Olsen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Lucas Villela would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Lucas Villela is living that version at Basaksehir, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Halil Ozcan steps up from the Basaksehir academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Halil Ozcan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Caner Dervisoglu joins the Basaksehir first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Caner Dervisoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Ibrahim Turuc steps up from the Basaksehir academy
- Squad Abbosbek Fayzullayev gets it from the manager