According to a statement from Galatasaray, Mustafa Cengiz, the former chairman of Turkey’s football giant Galatasaray, died on Sunday at the age of 71.
Cengiz, the club’s 37th president, took office in January 2018 and will remain in office until June 2021.
Galatasaray won the Turkish top-tier Super Lig championship twice during his three-and-a-half-year tenure, in 2018 and 2019.
Galatasaray, as well as major rivals Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Trabzonspor, all expressed their sorrow at Cengiz’s death on social media.
In the meanwhile, Galatasaray traveled to Yeni Malatyaspor for a Sunday Spor Toto Super Lig encounter, with both clubs observing a minute of mourning for Cengiz before the game.