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Turkish football star, Ahmet Calik is dead

Turkey international, Ahmet Yılmaz Calik is dead.

Calik died in a car crash on Tuesday morning at the age of 27.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after losing control of his vehicle on a motorway around 9 am local today.

The former Galatasaray star was the only person involved in the accident, which has sent shock waves through Turkish football.

Reacting to the sad news, Konyaspor tweeted: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our football player Ahmet Calik, who has won the love of our fans and our city since the first day he came to our Konyaspor.

“Condolences to all of us, especially to the family of our football player Ahmet Calik.”

Calik made eight caps for his country after rising through the youth ranks.

Idoko Dennis

Idoko Dennis is a creative videographer/drone pilot and sport writer. He heads the sport desk and deputizes the head of Idoma TV

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