Another act of AKP’s social engineering project: Alcohol test for fans before they enter the stadium…

Now watching Turkey‘s Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe in Kayseri. This is a scene right before the game starts… AKP leadership will again defend themselves citing examples from the Western world. However, increasinly anti-Western AKP only chooses examples from the West if they fit their social engineering to transform Turkish society a conservative … Read more

An infographic: 10 days of resistance. A video: Istanbul uprising. And a roundup. #OccupyTurkey

    inforgraphic source: http://roarmag.org/2013/06/turkey-ten-days-protest-infographic/ An energy drink, rather than the opium of the people It is difficult to imagine fiercer football rivalries than the ones between ?The Big Three? of Istanbul ? Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş. The clashes between their supporters ? often violent, always noisy ? are legendary. Yet many of the (mainly foreign) media … Read more

Drogba misunderstands: That was not a racist attack but a kind of middle finger…

…which might also be objectionable- that “obscene act” but it is good to understand right before accusing people with racism… Well, Turks like many other people, innovate new forms of obscenity all the time. I have been thinking a few days and I could honestly not find this act in this special context as racism… … Read more

Ayşe Özer: SARILAR MI BİZİM, KIRMIZILAR MI?

SARILAR MI BİZİM, KIRMIZILAR MI? -Sarılar bizim ananeee -Allah iman kuvveti versin. Anneannemle maç izlerken kocasının tuttuğu takım olduğundan kendisinin de evlilik akti ile yenge kontenjanından üyesi olduğu Fenerbahçe?nin hangi renk formayı giyenler olduğunu sorar, sonra da maçın sonuna kadar top ne zaman sarıların ayağına geçse içinden dualar okuyup televizyon ekranına üflerdi. Tüplü televizyonunun böyle … Read more

Çayan Birben hayatını kaybetti….

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A video: Last Saturday Night at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium… And an Istanbul news roundup

Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir.   @semaankarali Hundreds of Istanbul’s Fenerbahce football club fans clash with police New York Daily News AP Galatasaray players celebrate after their soccer derby match against Fenerbahce inIstanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Fenerbahce fans broke plastic chairs, throwing them and flares at police. Police used their … Read more

Ergun Babahan, the coumnist, loses his jobs after his anti-Gülen and anti-police tweets…

He later apologized for his angry tweets related to Fethullah Gülen movement but pro-Gülen Today’s Zaman was quick to fire him last night… A video about the first clash between Fenerbahçe fans and police forces. Police forces seemed to have started the clashes… Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir.     Turkish football … Read more

[Images added] Galatasaray, champion of Turkish Super League 2012…Fenerbahçe fans clash with Police… Galatasaray Şampiyon…

  Fatih Terim and his players… photos of GS players here. photos of upset FB players here.   A developing story..   In the mean time: Fenerbahce fans clash police after Galatasaray clinches Turkish league championship | The Republic after the game, Fenerbahçe fans clash with police, police uses heavy doses of tear gas: Images … Read more

Erkan’ın “Twitter Timeline”ından derbi #Gs-Fb

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#artikCAGLAYANolmavakti- Fenerbahçe fans back their president in the match-fixing trial!

Turkey’s match-fixing case continues in Istanbul  from Hurriyet Daily News Suspects in Turkey?s landmark match-fixing case are expected to     [<a href=”http://storify.com/sakaerka/artikcaglayanolmavakti-fenerbahce-fans-back-their” target=”_blank”>View the story “#artikCAGLAYANolmavakti- Fenerbahçe fans back their presidents in the match-fixing trial! ” on Storify</a>]

#Silivri Saracoğlu- Turkish match-fixing trial starts; Fenerbahçe fans stand by FB president Aziz Yıldırım

Turkish match-fixing trial starts from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Top names in Turkish football are set to face judges as nearly 100 people go on trial accused of match-fixing. Turkish football faces mass match-fixing trial from Hurriyet Daily News Nearly 100 Turkish club managers and players, including first division Fenerbahçe boss Aziz … Read more

Tribute to legendary Lefter Küçükandonyanis. a Twitter based photo gallery to Lefter’s funeral…

http://storify.com/sakaerka/tribute-to-legendary-fb-player-lefter-kucukandonya

Lefter hayatını kaybetti…Bir sosyal medya derlemesi…

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In the game fixing trial Beşiktaş coach Tayfur Havutçu and 7 others released but trial itself yet another judiciary crisis…

Besiktas coach and seven others released from jail in match-fixing probe from Turkey(Turkiye) football(soccer) Column and News by Ahmet B.Tur by Ahmet Turgut Good news to Besiktas fans and some others …. Besiktas Deputy Chairman Serdar Adalı, Besiktas protocol and security chief Ahmet Ates, coach Tayfur Havutcu, İstanbul Büyüksehir Belediyespor (İBB) players Ibrahim Akın and … Read more

for the record, Turkey contributed to the history of football by an all-women and children attended game…

Fenerbahce soccer team captain Alex of Brazil greets fans before the Turkish Super League soccer match against Manisaspor at Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Istanbul September 20, 2011. Turkish champions Fenerbahce played Manisaspor in front of women and children only after men were banned as part of a plan by Turkey’s Football Federation (TFF) to stamp … Read more