ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey hired former international Sergen Yalçın as coach on Tuesday to replace Vincenzo Montella.
Montella was fired this month after the team started its Nations League campaign with four straight defeats — to France, Italy (twice) and Belgium.
The Turkish Football Federation announced the appointment of the 53-year-old Yalçın following a board meeting on Tuesday. He has been given a four-year contract.
Yalçın’s last coaching position was at Beşiktaş but he left in May by mutual consent after only a season in charge.
That was his second spell at Beşiktaş, which he led to the domestic double of the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup in 2021.
Yalçın, a former attacking midfielder who made 37 appearances for Turkey, also played for Beşiktaş for 10 years across two spells.
As a player, he won three league titles and two Turkish Cups with Beşiktaş. He also won the Süper Lig twice with Galatasaray.
Yalçın’s first match in charge of Turkey will be at home to Belgium on Nov. 12. It then plays France away three days later.
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FILE - Besiktas' head coach Sergen Yalcin, right, gestures during a Champions League group C soccer match between Besiktas and Sporting Lisbon at the Vodafone Park Stadium in Istanbul, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo, File)
CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago took a man into custody after shots were fired outside a downtown federal building early Tuesday, authorities said.
No one was injured and there was only minor damage to federal property, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
Police and federal agents responded to Chicago’s downtown Loop district overnight after a security guard reported there was an active shooter near the Kluczynski Federal Building.
The office tower is home to a number of federal agencies including the IRS, the Social Security Administration, and the Labor Department. Illinois U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth also have offices there, and a federal courthouse is nearby.
It was not immediately known whether the suspect was targeting the government building or what his motive might have been. Bullet holes were seen in an office building across the street.
Chicago police said they recovered one firearm and that charges were pending. They did not release any other information.
A Department of Homeland Security officer responds to the scene of a shooting near the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A Department of Homeland Security officer, left, talks with a person as he responds to the scene of a shooting near the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Department of Homeland Security officers respond to the scene of a shooting near the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
