"The football match was postponed in light of serious information" pointing to the risk of an attack, the Istanbul governor's office said in a statement less than two hours before the scheduled kick-off.
The governor took the decision following a meeting with sporting authorities, news channels CNN-Turk and NTV said.
Spectators had already started arriving for the game at Galatasaray's Turk Telecom Arena on the European side of the Bosphorus when the decision was announced and they were asked to leave the ground.
The postponement was confirmed on Fenerbahce's website.
Turkey is on high alert following a suicide bombing on Sunday that ripped through a famous shopping street in central Istanbul, killing three Israelis and one Iranian, and injuring at least 35 others...
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Turkey has identified the suicide bomber behind Saturday's attack in Istanbul as a member of Islamic State (IS) group born in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said on Sunday...
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Daesh is an Arabic acronym for the IS group.
(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS)