Kumasi Asante Kotoko have appointed Turkish coach Telat Uzum until the end of the premiership season.

The 43-year-old replaces Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie who resigned two weeks ago.

Telat Uzum takes over from stop-gap manager, Johnny Oduro who handled the club in their 1-1 away drawn game with Real Tamale United.

Afranie quit after the defending league champions suffered their second straight loss in the league.

Uzum's main task is to win the league title and qualify for the Champions League.

"We expect him to help the team win the league and for qualify for the lucrative Champions League," Kotoko spokesman Kwame Baah Nuakoh said.

"We will extend his contract at the end of the season if we are satisfied with his performance."

Uzum played for the Bundesliga sides FC Cologne and Karlsruher in the 1980s.

He has had previous coaching stints with the Turkish team Besiktas and the youth sides of the German clubs FC Cologne and Kaiserslautern.