Former Turkish national soccer player Ahmet Calik was killed in a car accident in his home country.
The Turkish association TFF announced on Tuesday.
Calik, who played eight times for the national team from 2015 to 2017, was only 27 years old.
“It is with deep sadness that we learned that Ahmet Calik died as a result of a traffic accident.
Our condolences go to his family, relatives, the Konyaspor club and the Turkish football community, ”tweeted the association.
The 27-year-old's car rolled over on a motorway near Ankara, reported the state news agency Anadolu.
The heavily damaged vehicle was seen in a meadow next to the road.
2014 world champion Lukas Podolski, who played in Turkey for three years, also expressed his condolences.
"I was so sad when I heard the news, I'm shocked," wrote Podolski in Turkish on Twitter.
The defender moved to Konyaspor in the 20/21 season, before that he played for the traditional club Galatasaray Istanbul and won the Turkish championship twice with the club.