Fatih Terim recounts his final conversation with Gökmen Özdenak

Fatih Terim did not leave the side of former Galatasaray national football player and sports writer Gökmen Özdenak, who passed away at the age of 78, on his final journey.

At the funeral ceremony, Terim stated that he had spoken with Özdenak on the phone just one week ago, and that theystated the day and described the conversation between them by using the words,"It seems he was saying 'goodbye' to us."Heexplained.

Fatih Terim'sstatementis asfollows:

"We didn'ttalk on the phone much, but we would check in from time to time. A week ago, he calledme, saying, 'Fato, how are you?' It was around 11:30 or 12 at night... It's not something we were used to. We talked for a bit; I thought he was going to ask me something.

Then I realizedthere is no such thing. I said, 'Is everything alright, brother?' He replied, 'I just asked, I'm glad you're well. Give my regards to the house, to the...to hiswife, to hischildren, to his grandchildren...' It seems he was saying goodbye to us.

When I went to the hospital, the doctor was already not sounding very hopefulhad not spoken. May God have mercy on his soul. The truth iswe have lost a truly good person.Even if we didn't talk or call each other from time to time, we were two friends who always embraced whenever we met. May God have mercy on his soul."

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