ISTANBUL, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced in a statement on Wednesday Fatih Terim resigned from his job as Turkish national football director.
The announcement was released at the website of TFF following a meeting between Terim and TFF officials in Istanbul.
"The two sides agreed that it would benefit both parties to part ways," the statement said.
The 63-year-old former AC Milan and Galatasaray coach was recently involved in a fight with a restaurant owner in Alacati, a western resort town of Izmir province.
Local press reported Terim and his sons-in-law left five men injured after the incident.
"Some non-football issues have been wearing out our football director Fatih Terim and the management of Turkish football federation," added in TFF statement.
Terim has been a well-known football professional both in Turkey and abroad with a nick name "emperor".
Terim has had three times in charge of Galatasaray and Turkish national team. In his second term with Turkey he led them to the Euro 2008 semifinals.
Terim failed to lead Turkey to get past the group stage of Euro 2016, and now Turkey is at third place in 2018 Russia World Cup qualification stage of Group I, two points behind leaders Croatia and Iceland and level on 11 points with Ukraine after six matches.
