The Gaziantep Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Burak Bozan out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gaziantep will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mohamed Bayo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Gaziantep
Luis Pérez 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Gaziantep
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Konyaspor take the points off Gaziantep
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Zafer Görgen gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alper Under joins the Gaziantep first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alper Under is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Deniz Aktorkoglu joins the Gaziantep first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Deniz Aktorkoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Murat Kokcu steps up from the Gaziantep academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Murat Kokcu 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.
In brief
- Squad Tayyip Talha Sanuç falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Gaziantep
- Market Emiliano Mayola brings the grey hairs Gaziantep lacked