Atay Aktuğ, (b. 11 April 1945), is the former

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of the Turkish

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club

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Career

Atay was a player for Trabzonspor in the late sixties and early seventies. He was voted in as president after his predecessor Özkan Sümer suddenly resigned in August 2003. He was re-elected in December 2004. One of the main changes he has brought about is to list Trabzonspor on the

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, in the hope of raising funds for the club. Under his stewardship Trabzonspor has embarked on a series of tasks to raise

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income through

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and to create a large community of members throughout Turkey and

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. Aktuğ was the

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Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

the SHP and CHP's between 1989 and 1994.

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