Abdülaziz Demircan (born 5 February 1991) is a Turkish

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descent who plays as a

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for

Ankaraspor Sincan Belediyesi Ankaraspor Kulübü, commonly known as Ankaraspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. The club was known as Osmanlıspor ...

Club career

Born in

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, the goalkeeper played for Diyarbakır BB, Karabükspor,

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

, Dalkurd, Osmanlıspor, and Amed S.K.

International career

Demircan made his debut for a Turkish A2-side also known as Turkey B under head coach

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on October 14, 2014. The opponent was England C. He had a clean sheet, while Turkey B won the friendly with a 2-0 score.

Forced leave of Dalkurd FF

Despite the announcement of club press officer Cihan Dalaba in May 2018 that Demircan's private

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account was hacked, the goalkeeper was released in June 2018 by Swedish side

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club competes in Division 4, the sixth tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally ...

. Demircan sharing a picture on Instagram Story with the

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, Atatürk and the figures

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which also referred to the beginning of the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

of 1919, created great anger among Dalkurd FF-supporters. Ultimately, this forced Demircan to leave the club, according to

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Adil Kizil. Demircan later stated that he was sent to the bench after the sharing on Instagram because of the fear of attacks of club fans. He also got harassed and teammates insulted him and would not talk to him afterwards. Fearing repercussions the statements about a hacking were communicated by the club, told Demircan.İsveç'te skandal! Abdülaziz Demircan, Atatürk paylaşımı nedeniyle ceza aldı
habertürk.com, June 27, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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* * * 1991 births Sportspeople from Diyarbakır Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Kayserispor footballers Konyaspor footballers Dalkurd FF players Ankaraspor footballers 1461 Trabzon footballers Tarsus İdman Yurdu footballers Süper Lig players Allsvenskan players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-goalkeeper-stub