If you've just heard of Amedspor, here is the short version.
The club was founded in 1972 in the Melikahmet district of Amed — the city most non-Kurdish readers know as Diyarbakır — under the name Melikahmet Turanspor, after a soft-drink sponsor. For nearly two decades it competed in amateur football and lived a quiet existence.
In 1990, the municipality of Diyarbakır took ownership and renamed it Diyarbakır Belediyespor (Diyarbakır Municipal Sports). When the city achieved metropolitan status in 1993, the name evolved again to Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Through the 1990s and 2000s, the team moved between divisions of Turkish football without ever reaching the top flight.
The defining change came in 2014. The club adopted the name Amedspor, taking the Kurdish name for its home city. The choice was deliberate. It was also costly.
The Turkish Football Federation initially fined the club and rejected the new name. After negotiation, the registered legal name became Amed Sportif Faaliyetler Kulübü — Amed Sports Activities Club — which the federation accepted. The colloquial name Amedspor stuck. So did the friction.
In 2015–16, in their first run to the quarterfinals of the Turkish Cup, supporters were banned from attending the away tie at Fenerbahçe over chants the federation classified as "ideological propaganda." Over subsequent seasons, away bans, fines, and incidents at fixtures became a recurring part of the club's sporting life. In 2025, the federation fined the club for displaying the Kurdish-language phrase Koma me bona we — Our group is for you — on its jerseys. In January 2026, the federation issued an 802,500-lira fine and a 15-day suspension of the club's president over a video the federation deemed political.
Through the same decade, the support base expanded. Crowds at the stadium grew. Diaspora communities in Germany, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere built supporters' groups. Solidarity arrived from unexpected places — including the Schickeria München group, who in November 2023 displayed a banner at a Champions League match calling for an end to Amedspor's away bans.
Sporting progress took longer. The club won the TFF 2. Lig Red Group in 2023–24, earning promotion to the second tier. They finished mid-table in their first season there. This season — 2025–26 — they finished second on 74 points, drawing 3–3 at Iğdır FK on the final day to confirm direct promotion.
In 2026–27, for the first time in club history and for the first time the city has been represented since 2009–10, Amedspor will play in the Süper Lig.
That is the short version. The longer version is what this site exists to cover.