Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for former footballing superstar Hakan Şükür in connection with last month's 'coup attempt', with an identical warrant issued for his father along with an order to seize the pair's assets in the country.
Şükür and his family left the country last year, fearing arrest in his home country after he moved into politics following his retirement from football.
The Turkish government have now accused Şükür of membership of what the state-run Anadolu agency calls an 'armed terror group', referring to what Ankara calls the Fethullah Terror Organisation - which US-based preacher Fethullah Gülen is accused of running. He denies such a group exists.
The Guardian report that the private NTV television have said that Şükür's father in Adapazari, the main town in Sakarya province, on Friday.
The former Turkey international was charged with insulting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter - charges which could carry up to four years in jail. He claimed that he was not targeting Erdoğan with his comments.
Şükür remains one of the country's sporting heroes after his stellar footballing life, driving his nation to a third-placed finish at the 2002 World Cup as part of an international career which saw him score 51 goals in 112 games.
He enjoyed limited success outside of his home country, with just a handful of single-season spells at Inter, Blackburn, Parma and Torino (racking up a total of 11 goals in 53 league games), but scored 228 Super Lig goals in just 392 games for Galatasaray across three separate spells, picking up eight league titles.
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