Ankara: Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for its most celebrated football player, former international striker Hakan Sukur, ordering the seizure of his assets as part of an investigation into last month's failed coup, state media says.

Prosecutors accuse Sukur of "being a member of an armed terror group", a reference to the organisation of the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara says was behind the abortive putsch. Gulen denies the accusation.

Sukur was the most prolific striker in the history of the Turkish football – scoring a record 51 goals in 112 appearances for the national side, which he also captained.

He spent the majority of his professional career at Galatasaray, three times topping the goalscoring in the Turkish league. He scored more than 300 goals in his club career, which also featured stints at Italian giants Inter Milan and Blackburn Rovers in England.