Last week, Sukur scored 11 of his team’s 15 goals. His most famous came when he scored 11 seconds into the third-place match of the 2002 World Cup, leading Turkey over South Korea, the host country. “I scored a lot of goals,” Sukur said with a smile. “Not just a fast goal.”There were hundreds of them, ranging from the Champions League and UEFA Cup to Turkey’s top-tier Super Lig, where Sukur spent most of his career. Sukur was also a disciple of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania for nearly 20 years.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 03:00 UTC