Sivasspor head coach Rıza Çalımbay said 15 relatives of his assistant coach Ayhan Tenbeloglu were killed in the earthquake in Turkey.
Rıza Çalımbay, quoted by Cumhuriyet
This is a very sad event. We are all shocked. As soon as I woke up, I called my former assistant who is now at Hatayspor. I asked about the situation there. Fifteen members of my assistant Ayhan's family have died.
Turkey has been hit by a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.8 on the Richter scale over the past 24 hours. As a result of the natural disaster, many buildings collapsed and thousands of people were injured. Turkish authorities have canceled all sporting events in the country.
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