Manchester City's owners have announced a 'football collaboration' with Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir.
Istanbul Basaksehir sit ninth in the Turkish Super Lig but won the title in 2019/20 and have been regulars in Europe since joining the top flight in 2014.
City Football Group (CFG) will provide 'consultancy' to the club in areas such as strategy, transfers, scouting and coaching.
Istanbul Basaksehir have close links with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, headed up by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Manchester City's owners have announced a 'football collaboration' with Istanbul Basaksehir
City Football Group, owner of Man City, majority or partially owns 13 clubs around the world
The club's president and majority owner, Goksel Gumusdag, is a party member and is married to a niece of Erdogan's wife.