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| Turkish footballer Mehmet Topal survives gun attack | Turkish footballer Mehmet Topal survives gun attack |
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| Turkish footballer Mehmet Topal has escaped unharmed after gunmen fired on his bulletproof car in Istanbul. | Turkish footballer Mehmet Topal has escaped unharmed after gunmen fired on his bulletproof car in Istanbul. |
| Topal, a 29-year-old Turkey midfielder with Fenerbahce, was driving home with a team-mate after training when the car was attacked. | Topal, a 29-year-old Turkey midfielder with Fenerbahce, was driving home with a team-mate after training when the car was attacked. |
| The club condemned the incident as an "armed terrorist act". | |
| The reason for the attack is unclear, but Fenerbahce's team bus was shot at earlier this year and the driver was wounded in the city of Trabzon. | The reason for the attack is unclear, but Fenerbahce's team bus was shot at earlier this year and the driver was wounded in the city of Trabzon. |
| The bus had been driving over a viaduct and a club official was forced to intervene to bring the vehicle to a halt. | |
| The club said at the time that the attack represented the "peak point of hostility" towards it. | |
| Turkey's top-flight Super League was suspended for a week and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seen as a Fenerbahce supporter, called a meeting of the league's 18 club captains. | Turkey's top-flight Super League was suspended for a week and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seen as a Fenerbahce supporter, called a meeting of the league's 18 club captains. |
| Immediately after Tuesday's attack, Topal pulled his car off the road in Istanbul's eastern Sancaktepe district and called for police help. | Immediately after Tuesday's attack, Topal pulled his car off the road in Istanbul's eastern Sancaktepe district and called for police help. |
| Topal's team-mate Uygar Mert Zeybek was also unhurt. | |
| Pictures released by the club showed bullet damage on the passenger side of the widescreen, although the bullet did not appear to have pierced the glass. | |
| The club had earlier published pictures on its website of recent signing Robin Van Persie taking part in training. | The club had earlier published pictures on its website of recent signing Robin Van Persie taking part in training. |
| Fenerbahce were knocked out of the qualifying rounds of the Uefa Champions League by Shakhtar Donetsk last week. | Fenerbahce were knocked out of the qualifying rounds of the Uefa Champions League by Shakhtar Donetsk last week. |