, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

) is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 football coach of Mersin İdmanyurdu

Mersin İdmanyurdu

Mersin İdmanyurdu is a Turkish sports club from Mersin in Eastern Mediterranean Region. The club is especially known for its football team which was playing in Süper Lig, Turkey's first level division by 2011–12 season. The team played in first division for 11 seasons previous to 1984...

 and former coach of Gaziantepspor

Gaziantepspor

Gaziantepspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969, Gaziantepspor are nicknamed the Şahinler . The club colours are black and red, and they play their home matches at Kamil Ocak Stadyumu....

. He was also a footballer as defender and played for Gaziantepspor

Gaziantepspor

Gaziantepspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969, Gaziantepspor are nicknamed the Şahinler . The club colours are black and red, and they play their home matches at Kamil Ocak Stadyumu....

 (1984–1990), Kayserispor

Kayseri Erciyesspor

Kayseri Erciyesspor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri from the year 1932. Kayseri Erciyesspor currently plays in TFF 1. League. On 2004, Kayserispor switched names with Erciyesspor...

 (1990–1991), Elazığspor

Elazigspor

Elazığspor is a football team located in Elazığ, Turkey, which competes in the Bank Asya First League. They play their home games at Atatürk Stadı in Elazığ. The club was founded in 1967.-History:...

 (1991–1992), Edirnespor

Edirnespor

Edirnespor is the football team of Edirne, Turkey and her colours are yellow and red. Founded in 1966 In the beginning of 90s Edirnespor was playing in the Turkish 2nd League. One season, they became second in their league and qualified for Play-Offs but they didn't manage to play in Turkish Super...

 (1992–1997) and İslahiyespor (1997–1999).

Nurullah is known for his ability to scout young talented players. When he was coach of Karşıyaka he discovered the talent of AC Milan player Kaká

Kaká

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite , commonly known as Kaká , is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. Kaká started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a local club...

 and wanted to lure the player to Gaziantepspor but the president of Gaziantepspor showed no interesse.

Then Nurullah became coach of Gaziantepspor leading them to the third round of the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. They won the first leg 1–0 against the AS Roma side of Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...

 but in the second leg Gaziantepspor fell to a 2–0 defeat and got knocked out of the UEFA Cup.

Sağlam received offers from all over Europe but he wanted to stay with Gaziantepspor. He managed Diyarbakırspor

Diyarbakirspor

Diyarbakırspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, Diyarbakırspor are nicknamed Diyar...

 for 2009–10 season. He became the champions of 2010–11 TFF First League

2010–11 TFF First League

The 2010–11 TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya First League due to sponsoring reasons , is the 10th season since the league established in 2001 and 48th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.Normal season started on 20 August 2010, Friday by...

 with Mersin İdmanyurdu. At the end of the season he signed a new contract with Mersin İdmanyurdu

Mersin İdmanyurdu

Mersin İdmanyurdu is a Turkish sports club from Mersin in Eastern Mediterranean Region. The club is especially known for its football team which was playing in Süper Lig, Turkey's first level division by 2011–12 season. The team played in first division for 11 seasons previous to 1984...

for three seasons.