The Istanbulspor Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
André Shinyashiki due for a Istanbulspor medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mustafa Sol signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mustafa Sol and Istanbulspor agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mario Krstovski 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 Istanbulspor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mattheus Oliveira falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Istanbulspor rebuffed over Florin Bancu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pandurii have kept their man, and Istanbulspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mehmet Demiral steps up from the Istanbulspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mehmet Demiral 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: Murat Yazici joins the Istanbulspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Murat Yazici is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fatih Dervisoglu joins the Istanbulspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fatih Dervisoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Istanbulspor promote Selcuk Torun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Selcuk Torun has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout Mustafa Sol gets it from the manager
- Squad No place for Mattheus Oliveira in the new shape
- The dugout Dijlan Aydın knocks on the manager’s door