Barcelona and Turkish captain Arda Turan has announced his retirement from international football after he allegedly abused a journalist on the Turkish team's plane.
The 30-year-old former Atletico Madrid midfielder was reported to have verbally and physically abused Bilal Mese on a flight following a friendly against Macedonia in Skopje on Monday.
Turan was kicked out of a training camp in Slovenia on Tuesday and quit the national team hours later.
Turan, who has played 96 times for Turkey, reportedly approached the journalist from Turkish newspaper Milliyet before take-off about a story he had published on a pay dispute at Euro 2016.
Turan reportedly ranted at Mese, calling him "shameless" and eyewitnesses claimed he grabbed the journalist by the throat and had to be restrained by his team-mates.
Turan added that he felt "no remorse" and was "quite calm".
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