Aziz Yıldırım Says He Will Leave Fenerbahçe After May

Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım addressed the Ordinary High Council meeting held at the Faruk Ilgaz Facilities in October. He said he would not attend High Council meetings after May and would not enter the club again, promising to explain his reasons later.

Yıldırım called on members and fans to support Fenerbahçe, saying support means more than attending meetings or posting on social media. He also said he would hold monthly meetings with members and that others did not need to attend because they did not support the club.

“If İsmail Kartal does not want to leave, I will not send him away.”

He criticized the financial reports presented at the meeting, questioning the methods used to prepare them under new legal regulations and saying the announced figures did not reflect the real financial picture.

Yıldırım defended his own tenure, saying Fenerbahçe would not have reached its current position without him. He said he left only 2 million euros in debt in 2018, while the club later sold four players he had bought for 45 million euros.

He reported that 6,085 members owed dues, of whom 5,416 were eligible to attend the council. He said attendance was 318 in the morning and 350 by the time he spoke, asking why he should come.

On transfers, he said 21 transfers were made in 2024-2025 with gross salaries totaling 129 million euros including 40 percent tax. He also said the club had injected 217 million euros as sponsor by October 22, spent 186 million euros, and had 38 million euros left in the safe.

Regarding coach İsmail Kartal, Yıldırım said he would not send him away if Kartal did not want to leave.