Fikri Elma (1 January 1934 – 15 November 1999) was a Turkish

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. He played as a

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, most notably for

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, with whom he finished top scorer of the 1961–62 Milli Lig. Elma was one of the top scorers in Turkish league history with 128 goals to his name. He died in

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on 15 November 1999 and was interred in Karşıyaka cemetery.

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