Turkish club president arrested after punching referee at end of Super Lig match

The country’s justice minister, Yilmaz Tunc, said on his X account on Tuesday that Koca had been arrested “for injuring and threatening a public servant due to his public duty”.

Referee Halil Umut Meler, centre, was attacked on Monday (Cem Gecim/AP)

A Turkish club president who attacked a referee has been arrested.

Referee Halil Umut Meler was approached and hit by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca at the end of the Turkish Super Lig match against Caykur Rizespor.