{
  "id": 11450909,
  "title": "Turkey's football referee chief faces judge in graft probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/turkeys-football-referee-chief-faces-judge-in-graft-probe",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:42:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/turkeys-football-referee-chief-faces-122103691.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The head of Turkey's football refereeing body and six others were in court on Friday, three days after being detained as part of a graft investigation, media reports said.As part of the same probe by prosecutors with the illegal betting and sports crime unit, police also detained Yasin Kol, a referee from Turkey's top-flight Super Lig, as well as an assistant referee, media reports said.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}