Own Correspondent|Former Turkey international Hakan Sukur says he resorted to driving an Uber and selling books for living after he lost all his assets to the Turkish government.

Sukur however on the verge of being honoured with a fare play award for how he managed to get his life back on track following the incident with the Turkish government.

Surkur who played for Inter Milan , Blackburn Rovers and Galatasary said Turkish preside Recep Erdogan took all he has from him and sent his dad to jail, before he decided to flee from Turkey.

“I drive for Uber and I sell books. I am starting to work now.

“Everyone that has a connection with me has financial troubles. I don’t have anything left. I have tens of millions of dollars of property in Turkey, but everything is confiscated.

“Erdogan took everything from me: my right to freedom, my right to express myself, my right to work.

“My wife’s boutique was stoned, my children were harassed and my father sent to jail.

“When I left for the US, my father was locked up and my assets taken.”

Sukur scored 52 goals from 112 caps for Turkey and helped to qualify the national team for Euro 2000 Champinship and FIFA world cup in 2002 where they finished third.

Surkur who scored the fastest goal in the history of FIFA World Cup when he netted after 19 seconds in the third place match against Korea said he still loves his Country.

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