Model Sophia Thomalla moved to the Bosphorus because of her love. Their friend, football goalkeeper Loris Karius, is currently on loan from Liverpool to Besiktas. "Loris can hardly come to Germany because of the training and the games," said the 29-year-old of the "Bild" newspaper. Since she must make as a player's trade-offs.

Turkey is beautiful, there are great restaurants and nice people. Her residence status is initially valid for one year. "Then we'll see, it depends on how long Loris plays here." From summer she also wanted to learn Turkish: "I am now half Turkish."

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Relationship between Thomalla and Karius: From Berlin to the Bosphorus

In January, Thomalla announced her relationship with the 25-year-old. Since last August Karius plays for Besiktas Istanbul. Thomalla previously lived in Berlin.