Turkish football icon Hakan Sukur Uber driver United States - Become an opponent of President Erdogan, after having supported him for a while, the former star striker of the Turkish selection saw his assets frozen. And his life radically change.
An icon who has become a political exile. The fastest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup, Turkish Hakan Sükür, has had a chaotic second life since he opposed the Erdogan regime.
While an arrest warrant has been hovering over his head since 2016, and his assets have been frozen, the 45-year-old former attacker must now work as an Uber driver in Washington. The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag revealed on Monday.
Turkish football icon Hakan Sukur Uber driver United States
A first conversion under the colors of Erdogan
Funny destiny for the one who had stopped his career in 2008 with the status of an idol in Turkey (51 goals in 112 selections). Three years later, his destiny seemed to continue in the light. Launched into politics within the presidential party, the AKP, he was elected from the Islamo-conservative party in Parliament. Only, the adventure will end in 2013.
His famous goal at the 2002 World Cup
Place then in an opponent's daily newspaper, and in attempts to intimidate his family. Hakan Sükür is notably considered to be close to the preacher Fethullah Gülen, accused of having fomented the failed coup in 2016. The former footballer then becomes "a member of an armed terrorist group".
“My wife's shop was hit by stone jets, my children were harassed in the street. I have received threats after every statement I have made, ”he told the German Sunday newspaper.
Intimidation in the United States too
In 2015, he resolved to join the United States, thinking of finding security and stability. His new project: a café-bakery in California. "I could have had a good life and become a minister if I had played the game. […] But now I'm selling coffee," he joked in January 2019 to the New York Times, thinking he was done with the troubles. .
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