Didn't know they had such a huge impact on Turkish football. I mean I realize they are one of the bigger (if not the biggest) team in Turkey and overall a pretty strong side in European competitions but that's about it.
I always thought Turkish football is on a rise, that the teams are starting to become more visible and starting to attract more players from abroad compared to...say ten years ago. Anyway from what I've heard the Süper Lig is supposed to be fairly competitive so to consider it somehow weak would be wrong. I think the result of how far the teams make it in EL/CL speak for itself. I've never watched Süper Lig but from this season I'll keep an eye on Çaykur Rizespor and see how well they do. They have a player who's development I'm following so it will be fun to see
They've recently adjusted the TV revenue streams so each club gets a fairer share of the spoils, as to bring some sort of fair financial standing between clubs in the top division.
However, the league suffers with a governing body full of political stooges and people who shouldn't be anywhere near football. The aformentioned plans for reducing foreign players limits, for instance. As it stands now, every team is allowed a maximum of 10 foreign, non-turkish descent players to be registered per team. That breaks down to 6 at the most on the pitch, 2 on the bench and the remaining 2 sitting out watching from the stands somewhere.
The TFF have reduced that to 6 foreign players MAXIMUM on matchday for the 2013/2014 league. They want to reduce it further in the 2014/2015 league to 8 total foreign players in the squad and a maximum 5 on the field come matchday. They worry that foreign players negatively impact the development of domestic players. It's total bullshit and will likely harm domestic development.
The teams have issues that they need to overcome in regards to longterm objectives and planning. Managers and players are too easily sacked and marginalised because of some fat impatient board member didn't like a particular result. Besiktas suffered hardcore with this over the last few seasons. Quaresma was mistreated harshly and they essentially cut of their own nose to spite their face.