Turkey: Galatasaray remove the word "arena" from their stadium following orders from the President

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Galatasaray SK (Spor Toto Süper Lig) has changed the name of its stadium, previously called Türk Telekom Arena (52,650 capacity), to Türk Telekom Stadyumu (Türk Telekom Stadium), from 29/05/2017. "Our board decided to change the name of the stadium after the president's call on this issue," said Dursun Özbek, president of the Istanbul club.

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