Aziz Yıldırım

Aziz Yıldırım
Chairman of Fenerbahçe Spor Külübü
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 February 1998
Preceded by	Ali Haydar Şen
Personal details
Born	2 November 1952 Ergani
Alma mater	Ankara Devlet Mühendislik Mimarlık Akademisi[1]
Profession	Engineer

Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952 in Ergani, Diyarbakır Province) is currently the 52nd chairman of the Turkish multi sport club Fenerbahçe.^[2] He is currently serving his fifth two-year term. He has a degree in civil engineering.^[3]

Club's honours

Football

• UEFA Champions League : 2007-08 (Quarter Final)
• UEFA Europa League : 2012–13 (Semi Final)
• Turkish Süper Lig (6) : 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2013–14
• Türkiye Kupası (2): 2011-2012, 2012-2013
• Süper Kupa (3): 2007, 2009, 2014
• Başbakanlık Kupası (1) : 1998

Men's basketball

• Euroleague : 2015–16 (Runner-up), 2014–15 (Fourth)
• TBL (6): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2015-16
• Türkiye Kupası (4): 2009–10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2015-16
• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (3): 2006–07, 2012–13, 2015–16

Women's basketball

• EuroLeague Women: 2012–13 (Runner-up), 2013–14 (Runner-up), 2015–16 (Third), 2011–12 (Fourth), 2014–15 (Fourth)
• TKBL (12): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012–13, 2015–16
• Türkiye Kupası (11): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (11): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15

Men's volleyball

• CEV Challenge Cup (1) : 2013-14
• BVA Kupası (2): 2009-10, 2013-14
• Voleybol Ligi (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010-11, 2011-12
• Türkiye Kupası (2): 2007–08, 2011–12
• Voleybol Süper Kupa (2): 2011, 2012

Women's volleyball

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (1): 2010, 2012 (Third)
• Women's CEV Champions League (1): 2011-12, 2009-10 (Runner-up), 2015-16 , 2010-11 (Third)
• Women's CEV Cup (1): 2013-14, 2012-13 (Runner-up), 2008-09 (Third)
• Voleybol Ligi (4): 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2014-15
• Türkiye Kupası (2): 2009-10, 2014-15
• Voleybol Süper Kupa (3): 2009, 2010, 2015

Athletics

• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası (Men's) (1): 1998, 2006 (Runner-up)
• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası (Women's): 1998 (Runner-up)

Boxing

• Avrupa Kulüpler Şampiyonası: 1999 (Runner-up)

Swimming

• CIJ Meet Kupası (2): 2004, 2005

Table Tennis

• ETTU Champions League (1) : 2014-15, 2013-14 (Runner-up)
• ETTU Kupası (2): 2011-12, 2012-13, 2007-08 (Runner-up)

Personal life

Yıldırım was born in Ergani. He has 3 daughters, two of whom are from his first marriage.

2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal

On 2 July 2012, a Turkish "Special Authority Court" sentenced Yıldırım to three years and nine months for match-fixing and two years and six months for forming an illegal organisation. The sentence was later approved by the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals. He was detained for one year in Metris Prison together with several other sportspeople involved in the scandal. However, on 6 March 2014 special authority courts were abolished in Turkey. On 23 July 2014, his earlier retrial demand was accepted, meaning that he and all the people involved will have a retrial about this case.^[4][5][6][7]The first trial of the retrial process was made on 24 April 2015. On 9 October 2015, the courts acquitted Aziz Yıldırım and all the people who were charged at the beginning of the investigation, pending the Supreme Court's approval. Fenerbahce declared that after the Supreme Court's approval, they would take every action to be compensated from all of the damages that has been done to the club by this investigation and previous court rulings. ^{[8][9][10][11]}

References

1. Profile on biyografi.info
2. The Board of Directors Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
3. Who is who?
4. "Aziz Yıldırım 365 gün sonra serbest kaldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
5. http://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/ozel-yetkili-mahkemeler-kaldirildi-120281.html
6. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25522653/
7. "Aziz Yıldırım Sakarya'ya Geldi". AdaHaberleri (in Turkish). 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
8. "Şike Davası 8 Temmuz'a ertelendi". MЭLLЭYET HABER - TЬRKЭYE'NЭN HABER SЭTESЭ. 28 April 2015.
9. "Emniyet Müdürü Mutlu Ekizoğlu meslekten ihraç edildi". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ. 21 April 2015.
10. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/sike-davasi-nda-mahkeme-kararini-fenerbahce-2129441-skorerhaber/
11. http://www.ulke.com.tr/guncel/haber/314386-fenerbahce-aklandi-simde-ne-olacak

External links

• Fenerbahçe official website