Statement on betting from Doğukan Hüseyin Otyakmaz, who was referred to the PFDK: Sivasspor matches were not included

Sivasspor Club Vice President Doğukan Hüseyin Otyakmaz, who was referred to the Professional Football Discipline Committee (PFDK) by the Turkish Football Federation's Legal Consultancy on the grounds of "betting," has issued a public statement.

Otyakmaz stated that he did not have any executive duty or authority at Sivasspor during the period when the betting transactions were carried out. Noting that his name only appeared as a substitute member in the club association at that time, Otyakmaz emphasized that he did not hold the title of a football executive.

I would like to underline that I did not have any executive duty or authority at Sivasspor Club during the period when the transactions in question were carried out. My name only appeared as a substitute member in the club association.

In his statement, Otyakmaz noted that the transactions were made through a legal platform and said it was impossible for him to foresee that they could be subject to a disciplinary investigation in the following years.

Considering that I did not hold any football executive duty or authority at that date, it was not possible for me to foresee that these transactions, which were carried out through a legal platform, could be subject to a disciplinary investigation in the following years.

Touching upon the matches he bet on, Otyakmaz said, "None of the bets I placed included any Sivasspor match."

Otyakmaz stated that he made the explanation so that the issue would not cause misunderstandings or an unnecessary agenda in the public eye, and shared his information regarding the process with the public.