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Ali Çamlı Elected President of Kayserispor

Ali Çamlı Elected President of Kayserispor

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ali Çamlı has been elected as the new president of Kayserispor, a Turkish football club.
  • The club was recently relegated to the Trendyol 1. League after 11 years in the top division.
  • Çamlı aims to clear the club's debt and eventually make it publicly traded.

Ali Çamlı has been elected as the new president of Kayserispor, a Turkish football club that recently faced relegation to the Trendyol 1. League after an 11-year stint in the top division. The general assembly convened at the Kadir Has Congress Center Conference Hall.

Following the reading of activity reports from the previous term, the reports were accepted by vote, overseen by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç, who served as the chairman of the assembly. Çamlı ran unopposed in the election.

In his acceptance speech, Çamlı expressed his deep affection for Kayserispor, calling the team an indispensable passion. He emphasized the need for unity and collective effort to achieve the club's success. "I know what the task I have undertaken means. God willing, I have no doubt that we will make this team champions," Çamlı stated.

I know what the task I have undertaken means. God willing, I have no doubt that we will make this team champions.

— Ali Çamlıexpressing his confidence and ambition as the new president

Çamlı outlined his vision for the club, which has been renamed Metro Kayserispor. His primary goal is to eliminate the club's substantial debt, reported at 1 billion 138 million Turkish lira, and eventually offer its shares to the public. "Our aim is to reduce the debts to zero and, God willing, in the coming periods, to offer it to the public and hand it over to its true owners," he said.

The new management board includes Hüseyin Beyhan, Tufan Koç, Yücel Şahin, Ayten Öztürk Ünal, Emir Akpınar, Mustafa Gülsoy, Tevfik Kürtüncü, Samet Sarıoğlu, Süleyman Akın, Aydın Yergin, and Şeyhi Odakır.

Our aim is to reduce the debts to zero and, God willing, in the coming periods, to offer it to the public and hand it over to its true owners.

— Ali Çamlıdetailing his financial strategy for the club
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.