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Turkey: Former Inter striker Hakan Sukur issued arrest warrant for 'involvement in coup'
Sukur is accused of having links with USA-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who, Ankara believes, is behind the failed coup and who has also been issued an arrest warrant.
According to press agency Anadolu, Sukur left Turkey last year to move to California.
The former Inter, Torino and Parma man begun his career in 1987 when he was under contract with Sakaryaspor, he moved to Galatasaray in 1992, three years before joining Torino. After a short spell in Italy he returned to Turkey and then back to Italy again in 2000, when was signed by Inter. Sukur scored just five goals in his first season at the club, Inter offloaded him to Parma and the following summer.
He played for Blackburn Rovers and Galatasaray again before his retirement in 2008. Sukur’s Turkey National team won the bronze medal at the 2002 Korea and Japan World Cup.
