World famous Spanish football club Barcelona announced the launch of an official Turkish Twitter account
FC Barcelona opened its new Turkish language Twitter account (@fcbarcelona_tr) on Friday, “as part of its plan to keep in closer touch with its huge fan base in Turkey."
The Catalan team said that they have more than 34 million followers in total on Twitter, adding that the team now has 10 verified Twitter accounts in different languages such as Catalan, Spanish, English, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Indonesian, Arabic and Japanese and at last, Turkish.
“Arda Turan's presence in the Barcelona squad has consolidated the interest in the team in the country and the player will be one of the main focuses of the news on the Turkish Twitter," Barcelona stated.
Arda also promoted this new communication channel by recording a video inviting fans to get the latest info on Barça in their own language.
In the statement, it is also added that “the project will be further intensified by the publication of Turkish content on Facebook, which will be exclusively geo-located for fans in Turkey or who use the social network in Turkish."
Turkey is the country that produces the seventh highest number of likes on the FC Barcelona page, while Istanbul is the 12th most common home city of Barça's Facebook followers.
In addition, the club emphasized that deals with Turkish companies such as Turk Telekom, Beko and Lassa Tires have been contributing to Barcelona's growth in Turkey.
In 2014, the Turkish household appliance company Beko became a global premium partner of the Club, and its logo appeared on the first team shirt sleeve for three seasons.
