The Turkish Football Federation "has changed the rules on the foreign player quota for Spor Toto Super League clubs, allowing them to field 11 foreign players beginning next season," according to HURRIYET DAILY NEWS.
The clubs "will be able to have a total of 28 players in their squads, 14 of whom will be able to be foreign players." For the 18-man match squads, the clubs in Turkey’s top league "will have the chance to name seven Turkish and 11 foreign players."
The right to sign foreign players "will be based on financial criteria; clubs will be required to have no tax or insurance debts, unpaid player wages or unpaid fines to FIFA and UEFA."
TFF Chair Yıldırım Demirören said that "the aim of the regulation change was to create opportunities for the clubs’ homegrown players." He said, "The target is to lift the quota on foreign players and encourage the clubs to develop local players." He added that a club that follows the federation’s incentive system for young players could get 10M Turkish Liras ($4M) per season (HURRIYET DAILY NEWS, 1/6).
