Mahmut Özgener has been the 38th president of the Turkish Football Federation

Turkish Football Federation

The Turkish Football Federation , also called the Turkish Football Association, is the governing body of football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923. It organizes the Turkish national teams and the Turkish football league. By 2004, there were 4,956 football clubs organized in Turkey, and a...

. He succeeded Hasan Doğan

Hasan Dogan

Hasan Doğan was the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in southwest Turkish Riviera, where he was on vacation...

, who died of a heart attack in Bodrum

Bodrum

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. He was incumbent for a relatively short period, beginning on 14 February 2008 until his death on July 5, 2008.

Biography

Özgener was born in İzmir, where he completed his primary, secondary and high school education.

Personal

He is married and has two children. Özgener speaks also English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and French

French language

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. He was the chairman of Altay club before his duty in TFF.

Ankaragücü and Ankaraspor Case

Cengiz Topel Yıldırım was replaced by Ahmet Gökçek as club chairman of Ankaragücü

Ankaragücü

MKE Ankaragücü is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Ankara. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayis....

. Since Ahmet Gökçek was previously on Ankaraspor board as a volunteer, TFF rejected this replacement. Melih Gökçek

Melih Gökçek

İbrahim Melih Gökçek is a Turkish politician who has been the mayor of Ankara since 1994. Between 1991-1994, he was a MP. Gökçek has won municipal elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009.- Early life :...

, who is honorary chairman of Ankaraspor and Ahmet Gökçek's father, accused him of being subjective.