Fenerbahce (Turkey), the fans contest Erdogan: stadium forbidden – Corriere.it

The State that censors the world of football. happened in Turkey, where presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on May 14th. An appointment that Recep Tayyip Erdogan he strongly wanted – so much so that he anticipated it under the pretext of making it coincide with what happened on the same day in 1950, i.e. the first free elections in the history of the country – but which he is now fearing as he could never have imagined.
The terrible earthquake that caused the death of 45,000 people has in fact disrupted the plans of the president
. What yes, he immediately admitted that the response from the State was not sufficiently timely,
but who has to deal today with those who accuse him of having favored the disaster through his wicked policies especially in the construction field
: Those who attack me are only opportunists who want to transform this pain into a political advantage, Erdogan himself replied in the press.

Fenerbahce, the government bans away fans

The closer the elections are, the more indigestible any criticism is. Especially if the fans of one of the most important teams in all of Turkey, Fenerbahce, are protesting in a blatant way. These in fact, on Saturday, took advantage of the return of the championship after three weeks of forced absence to express all their dissent and bitterness towards the government. So, while their team pounded Konyaspor, choirs rained down from the stands urging the political class to resignthe:

After twenty years of lies and cheating. A shame for Erdogan and his leaders. To be punished, even with the aim of not being replicated in the next game. So Fenerbahce have learned that the Kayseri Provincial Security Council has banned their supporters from traveling for Saturday’s match against Kayserispor.

The harsh reaction: Unacceptable

A provision that Fenerbahce welcomed with astonishment and anger: It is not in any way possible for us to accept this choice – the club made it known through a note published on its official channels – this decision strange and has nothing to do with sporting criteria. It has no other purpose than to hinder the desire of our fans to support the team and punish our club. Fenerbahe is a sports club that has fans all over Anatolia and supports its team everywhere, regardless of the city. We want to know on what basis our supporters have been deprived of this right in this delicate period, which should be unifying, integrative and not divisive. We urge all concerned and responsible persons to review this decision and to correct their error.