This decision the club's management took after the defeat of the principal rival, "Yeni Malatyaspor" with a score of 2: 1. The team was headed by Igor Tudor, his contract operated until the beginning of 2018 with the right of extension, but the players under the leadership of Tudor could not play at the level on which the leadership of "Galatasaray". The club has not yet announced a possible candidate for the post of coach. In the current season of the championship of Turkey, the team scored 32 points and took second place in the tournament rating of national teams.

However, the club was never able to break into the main part of the League of Europe, its place was taken by "Ostersund".

As reported in "URA-Inform", earlier "Galatasaray" agreed on the transition of Beland to its ranks.