Greece statement from Galatasaray manager Remzi Sanver

Making a statement to GSTV after the board meeting held at Florya Metin Oktay Facilities, Sanver said, “Since this is a movement directed not only towards us, but also all over Turkey, we will evaluate the sportive relations we will establish with Greece in consultation with our Ministry of Foreign Affairs from now on. Turkey” “We will continue to host the Greek athletes who will come to Turkey and be our guests in the best way we have done so far. We also reserve our rights to pursue the issue in international platforms in terms of sports law and general law.” used his statements.

Stating that they were exposed to rude and unfair treatment, Sanver said:

“There was no rational side to the challenge presented to us. We tried to respond constructively, but in the end, we realized that we were given the message that we were not wanted there. As soon as we understood this, of course, we did not stop where we were not wanted and immediately came back. The first feeling we will express about this unfortunate development is a big one. With all due respect to the Greek people, we are a sports club with a number of fans several times the total population of Greece. Moreover, the hand of friendship we extend is not only that of our club, but also of Turkey. We do not need to explain the social and political importance of this hand of friendship. It is such a simple, primitive hand of friendship. It is impossible not to be surprised that the Turkish government was turned down with an irrational approach. We believe that this is the personal act of some bureaucrats or politicians with a narrow-minded view and the Greek government will do what is necessary. Otherwise, we think that this narrow-minded view stems from the Greek government, which will both upset the Greek people and harm the Turkish-Greek relations. We worry about the future.”

“If a similar situation had happened during Olympiakos’ visit to Turkey, we would have reacted regardless of whether it was our own country.” Sanver said, “Because we are a sports club that has adopted the freedom of thought and conscience as a value. It is wrong for us, it is wrong no matter who does it. The fact that our people made the mistake does not make it right. I hope we chose a club with our values ​​partnership to play a friendly match. We thank him for the support he tried to give.” used his statements.

Sanver said, “To the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who supported us very openly and openly during this process, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, to the Ambassador of Athens, Mr. Burak Özügergin, We offer our heartfelt gratitude to the leader of the main opposition party, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, to the heads of state, public opinion leaders, and of course, to our fans who have always been with us, to the sports public who supported us even though we are not fans, to our beloved nation beyond sportive and political divisions.” he said.

Sanver also urged his supporters to be at ease regarding the transfer.

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