Published December 12,2023
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Turkish top-tier membership MKE Ankaragücü‘s president Faruk Koca bodily attacked referee Halil Umut Meler after his aspect’s draw in opposition to Çaykur Rizespor on Monday.
Following the match’s conclusion, Koca entered the sphere and punched Meler within the face.
Meler fell to the bottom, prompting safety personnel to encompass him.
Following the incident, managers tried to relax Koca, who felt faint after his violent motion on the sphere. The severity of the scenario prompted the necessity for medical consideration.
Meler was taken to the referee’s room beneath intense safety measures shortly after receiving medical therapy.
He was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Ankaragücü followers supported Koca and cheered.
Some of them entered the sphere from the stands, prompting safety guards to intervene.
The Turkish Super Lig conflict between MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor ended with a 1-1 draw at Eryaman Stadium.
In the fiftieth minute, Ankaragücü had been right down to 10 males as Ali Sowe obtained a second yellow card and was despatched off.
Çaykur Rizespor rescued a late draw with a close-range purpose from Adolfo Gaich.
In the ninety fifth minute, Çaykur Rizespor’s Emirhan Topçu obtained a crimson card.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya mentioned on X that Koca was receiving therapy at a hospital beneath police supervision, including that “detention procedures will be carried out after the treatment.”
Yerlikaya additionally mentioned that two different people who kicked Meler within the head in the course of the incident had been detained on the directions of the Ankara West Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
TURKISH PRESIDENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON REFEREE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the assault on the referee.
“I condemn the attack on referee Halil Umut Meler after the MKE Ankaragücü vs. Çaykur Rizespor match played this evening, and I wish him a speedy recovery,” he mentioned on X.
“Sports means peace and brotherhood. Sport is incompatible with violence. We will never allow violence to take place in Turkish sports,” Erdoğan added.
Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak additionally condemned the assault, saying on X that “we do not want to see these images on our fields, which do not suit the spirit of sports and Turkish football.”
Executives of the Turkish Football Federation Board additionally determined to carry a rare assembly as a result of assault.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
