Turkish police have arrested around 30 people, including the president of top side Fenerbahce as part of an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in football, according to the Anatolia news agency. Aziz Yildirim was taken into custody on Sunday along with the club's vice-president Sekip Mosturoglu, the vice-president of Trabzonspor, Nevzat Sakar, and the technical director of Eskisehirspor, Umit Karan, the agency said.
The vice-president of Trabzonspor, Nevzat Sakar, denied earlier reports that he had also been held.
Several footballers were also arrested, including at least two Turkish internationals. Two of the footballers named by Anatolia were Genclerbirligi striker Serkan Calik and Ankaragucu goalkeeper Serdar Kulbilge.
The state-run agency said that raids had taken place simultaneously in 12 cities.
Fenerbahce are the reigning Turkish league champions. Broadcaster NTV said police were investigating alleged match-fixing in last season's league competition.
The Associated Press quoted Dogan news agency as saying the final league game of the season - a 4-3 victory by Fenerbahce over Sivasspor - was one of the matches under investigation.
Arrests linked to the investigation also took place in the central town of Sivas where the president of Sivasspor, Mecnun Odyakmaz was taken in for questioning and at Izmir in the west where the cousin of Fenerbahçe midfielder Emre Belözoglu was being held.
A number of arrests into match-fixing were made last year but these are by far the highest-profile arrests.
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