Bekir Çınar (2 June 1969 – 16 August 2010) was a Turkish businessman. He became the president of

Adana Demirspor Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig. Founded by railway workers of Turk ...

in 2009 and served in this position for 1 year. During his presidency, Çınar made a big impression after organizing a friendly match against

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, a

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team at the time. He established very warm and close relations with the club's fans, took all the debts of the club on himself and prevented the club from being completely expelled from the leagues. Due to the debts he took on himself, he committed suicide on August 16, 2010, by hanging himself with a blue navy blue rope on the fire escape of the apartment building where he lived. It was claimed that Çınar spent approximately 4 million TL out of his own pocket in the 2 years he was in charge of Adana Demirspor, of which he was able to get 1 million TL back, and that he had a

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on the remaining 3 million TL. It was also claimed that Çınar, who had a hard time due to the money he spent on Adana Demirspor and his inability to receive his progress payments, took money from

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s in return for interest as a last resort to get rid of his troubles. Çınar's coffin was covered with Turkish and Adana Demirspor flags.

Personal life

Çınar was married and was the father of three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cinar, Bekir Suicides by hanging in Turkey Turkish businesspeople 2010 deaths 1969 births Adana Demirspor People from Yozgat