In the 15th week of the Trendyol Super League, while MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor were drawing 1-1, the field was chaotic at the end of the match and Ankaragücü President Faruk Koca punched the referee of the match, Halil Umut Meler. Additionally, Koca kicked Meler on the ground with the people he accompanied. After this incident, Halil Umut Meler announced that he had decided to referee.
‘THAT’S ENOUGH FROM ME’
FIRST HE PUNCHED THEM, THEN KICKED THEM ON THE GROUND
Ankaragücü President Faruk Koca, who entered the field with the final whistle of the match, punched the match referee Halil Umut Meler. While Meler fell to the ground with a punch, Mayor Koca continued to attack Meler by kicking him. While the moments of the attack were captured on camera, Meler’s left eye was bruised.
REFEREES WERE REMOVED FROM THE FIELD WITH THE SUPPORT OF AGILE FORCES
Security forces entered the field and took the incident under control. Referee Halil Umut Meler and his assistants were removed from the field with the support of riot police teams. Meler, who was attacked, was immediately taken to the hospital.
‘THERE IS A LIFE DANGEROUS’
STATEMENT FROM THE HOSPITAL: THERE IS A CRACK AROUND THE EYE
Meler’s doctor made the following statement later in the night: ‘Our patient was recently admitted to the emergency department of our hospital. Along with our teacher Orhan and other doctor friends, initial examinations, tomography and further examinations were scanned from the brain to the stomach area, especially due to head trauma. There is no life threat at this time. There is bleeding around the left eye. There is a small crack there. There does not appear to be any significant life-threatening situation. We will follow our teacher until the morning because he has a head injury. We will send it in the morning after the necessary examinations. We talked with Halil Umut Meler. “I cannot share it because it violates patient confidentiality,” he said.
TFF PRESIDENT: ALL LEAGUES ARE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi made a statement following the attack on referee Halil Umut Meler after the match played between Ankaragücü and Rizespor in the 15th week of the Super League. Büyükekşi announced that all leagues were postponed indefinitely. With this decision, the Super League and lower leagues will not be played until a second decision.
SHOCKING MOMENTS
MINISTER OF INTERIOR: FARUK KOCA AND 2 PEOPLE WERE DETAINED
Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya noted that Yellow-Navy Blue President Koca and his followers were detained. Minister Ali Yerlikaya included the following statements in his post: ‘Ankaragücü Club President Faruk Koca, who was attacked on referee Halil Umut Meler at the end of the MKE Ankaragücü-Çaykur Rizespor match, is being treated in the hospital under the supervision of our security forces. Detention procedures will be carried out after the treatment. K.C and Ş., who attacked our referee. Persons named Y. Ş were detained upon the instructions of our Ankara West Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.’
Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç also announced that an investigation had been launched, saying, “The necessary judicial investigation has been launched against those responsible for the attack on the match referee Halil Umut Meler at the end of the MKE Ankaragücü-Çaykur Rizespor match.”
PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN: I CONDEMN THE ATTACK ON MELER
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in his statement on his personal social media account, condemned the attack on the referee Halil Umut Meler, who officiated the MKE Ankaragücü-Çaykur Rizespor match. President Erdoğan included the following statements in his post:
I condemn the attack on referee Halil Umut Meler after the MKE Ankaragücü-Çaykur Rizespor match played this evening, and I wish him a speedy recovery.
Sports means peace and brotherhood. Sport is incompatible with violence. ‘We will never allow violence to take place in Turkish sports.’
KOCA’S DOCTOR: THERE IS LIFE THREATENING
Chief Physician Prof. is the doctor of Faruk Koca, the President of the yellow-dark blue club, who went down to the field and punched the referee Halil Umut Meler after the Ankaragücü-Rizespor match. Dr. A statement came from Erdoğan İlkay. İlkay said, “He will be kept under observation for the first 24 hours.”
2023-12-12 06:26:57
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