Wrong Data Center Selected Automatically (High Ping in Turkey)

Hello EA Team,

I am experiencing a serious matchmaking issue in EA Sports FC 26.
Even though I am located in Turkey, the game automatically connects me to a distant data center (NFS / 159.153.71.17) instead of the correct regional servers (e.g., Frankfurt, Milan, or Middle East).

What happens

The game always forces me onto a far data center

Ping is around 130–140 ms instead of the usual 35–45 ms

Matchmaking never switches to the correct region

Multiple players in Turkey are reporting the same issue recently

Technical details

My tracert to easo.ea.com consistently routes to:
159.153.71.17 (NFS Data Center) → ~135 ms ping

This should NOT be the default server for players in Turkey.

What support told me

Live chat support confirmed:

Multiple players are affected

This is a server-side issue

My case has been escalated to the specialist team

What I already tried (did not fix)

DNS reset

Router reset

NAT Type OK

No VPN

Clean reinstall

Game settings reset

What we need

Please review the routing / data center assignment for Turkey.
Before this issue, matchmaking always connected to closer EU servers (35–45 ms).
Now it connects to a distant region with 130+ ms constantly.

This is a major gameplay problem and makes competitive modes unplayable.

Thank you.