Ömer Çatkıç (born 15 October 1974) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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. His last club was

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

in the Turkish

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. He played for

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

, Gençlerbirliği, and

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkey, Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa. Founded in 1963, the club is best known for its football team, which has a rich history in Football in Turkey, Turk ...

. He returned to Gaziantepspor in the 2007–08 season. He played for the Turkey national team and was a participant at the

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and

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Prosecution

In the aftermath of the attempted coup d'etat of July 2016 he was accused of being involved in the

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. In January 2020 Çatkiç was sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment for being a member of an armed terror organization due to his links to the Gülen movement.

Honours

Turkey *

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: third place

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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: third place

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Order * Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service

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* * 1974 births Living people Footballers from Eskişehir Turkish people of Bosniak descent Turkish men's footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Antalyaspor footballers Men's association football goalkeepers UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players Turkey men's international footballers Süper Lig players Turkish prisoners and detainees {{Turkey-footy-goalkeeper-stub