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Will the location of the stadium change? Aziz Yıldırım announced...

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Fenerbahçe Club President Aziz Yıldırım, in his speech to the high council, stated that the state evaluated the proposal to move from Kadıköy and that it would not approve any project that was not in the club's interest.

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Stadium projects have come to the agenda because Türkiye and Italy will host the 2032 European Championship.

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Fenerbahçe Club President Aziz Yıldırım made a statement at the high council committee.

Speaking about the stadium issue, president Aziz Yıldırım said: "There is a stadium issue. Some people from the administration before us have entered into a dialogue with the state. Turkey and Italy will hold the 2032 European Championship together. The state wants the final match to be played in Türkiye. They are working to do this in a stadium with a capacity of 75 thousand people. Nihat Özbağı prepared projects for the expansion of the current stadium. Both the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change We gave it to the Ministry. We went to Ankara to speed up this issue. We sat down and talked with the Minister.

They said to us, 'If you wish, we will allocate this stadium to you, you leave Kadıköy and come here.' I said, 'I will not say yes to something that is not in Fenerbahçe's interest.' However, if I see a benefit, I will take it to the congress. I don't know what will happen at the congress. We talked this way. They are making preparations. During this speech, I stated that we should have interests. I have never negotiated with the state to buy anything. When I first became president of this club, I had a lot of money. In 1999, I gave 30 million dollars. When I left the presidency, I paid the salaries of the people in my company by selling cars. One day I didn't ask for anything from the state. In 1996, I undertook the biggest project in Türkiye. Today, I stayed out for 8 years and was respected everywhere. I have never had a conflict of interest. I am not a dishonorable person who would say 'Give me a job, I will build the stadium like this'. Let's get this on track by overcoming the negative atmosphere in public opinion. May God help Fenerbahçe."