Turanspor is a
sports
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club in located in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey. The football club played in the
Bölgesel Amatör Lig before its dissolution.
History
The team was founded in 1947 under the name Şekerspor; It kept this name until 1958. In 2005, the club was bought by K&C Group, a construction company and the club transferred
Sergen Yalçın.
In 2015 Club President Orhan Kapelman claimed that he has always been an "idealist", a name given to the members of the far-right
Grey Wolves organization. The club stated that it will include only nationalist football players and coaches in its staff and changed its name to Turanspor, named after
Turanism
Turanism, also known as Turanianism, pan-Turanism or pan-Turanianism, is a Pan-nationalism, pan-nationalist political movement built around Pseudoscience, pseudoscientific claims of mongoloid, biological and Altaic, linguistic connections betwee ...
.
Turanspor withdrew from the Regional Amateur League in the 2015–2016 season.
After the club was removed from the Sugar Factory facilities, of which the club is a tenant, because it could not pay its debts, the club management could not find a place to stay and the club became history.
Notable players
*
Sergen Yalçın
*
Ruslan Amirov
*
Marko Simeunovič
Previous names
* Şekerspor (1947–1958)
* Şeker Hilal (1958–1963)
* Şekerspor (1963–2005)
* Etimesgut Şekerspor (2005–2010)
* Beypazarı Şekerspor (2010–2012)
* Çamlıdere Şekerspor (2012–2013)
* Şekerspor (2013–2014)
* Tutap Şekerspor (2014–2015)
* Ankara Beypazari Turan Spor Kulübü Anonym Şirketi (2015–2017)
League participations
* Super League: 1959–63, 1964–66, 1967–69, 1972–73, 1997–98
* 1st League: 1963–64, 1966–67, 1969–72, 1973–92, 1994–97, 1998–2003
* 2nd League: 1992–94, 2003–2005, 2006–2013
* 3r League: 2005–2006, 2013–15
* Regional Amateur League: 2015–2016
* Amateur League: 1947–59
* Ankara Regional Amateur League: 2016–17
References
External links
*
Şekerspor on TFF page
Football clubs in Turkey
Association football clubs established in 1947
1947 establishments in Turkey
Etimesgut District
Süper Lig clubs
Defunct football clubs in Turkey
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