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Goalkeeper, Turkaslan Among Dead Turks After Deadly Earthquake

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Yeni Malatyaapor of Turkey goalkeeper Etup Turkaslan has been found dead under a rubble following the earthquake that struck Monday night and killed scores of people numbering over 1,651 including some football players.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) extended its sympathies for those affected.
The impact of the earthquake affected northern Syria too, with the nation’s Health Ministry and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance reporting 968 people have been killed and 1,280 injured.
Former Syrian striker Nader Joukhadar – who scored nine international goals in 14 appearances for his national football team – was reported dead, as was his son.
Former Ghana international, Christian Atsu, was among those stuck under rubble although the onetime Everton forward was said to have been one of those saved from danger.
Another 11,119 have been injured in the 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude quakes.
Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoğlu has consequently suspended all sports activity in Turkey until further notice after earthquakes hit the Kahramanmaraş province in the south of the country killing more than two thousand people in the country and neighbouring Syria.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been inundated with condolence messages from world leaders on the demise of thousands of Turks.
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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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