The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) decided on Thursday to ban participation in football-related activities forever. Farouk Kocanow, former president of Ankaraguua, attacked referee Halil Umut Meler last Monday.
The football disciplinary council decided to punish Kocauma with a five-year ban, a measure that “has become permanent for more than three years”, the TFF announced in a statement.
The Federation He explained on its digital website:
The club’s president, Faruk Koca, was sentenced to five years in prison for violating instructions, assaulting and threatening the match referee and the incident he caused on the field. A prison sentence of more than three years (…) will result in permanent deprivation of rights.
Farouk Koca has been in pre-trial detention since Tuesday because he hit referee Halil Umut Meler at the end of the Ankaragücü x Rizespor match (1-1).
The case led to a relevant scandal in Turkey, which, according to many experts, shows that there is little respect for the university and that feeling of impunity. Who has these kind of people? Koca, businessman and former representative of the Islamic ACP party.
Despite the severity of the incidents, Ankaragucu fans voiced their opinions in support of the club’s now former president.
Some of them even hung banners to show their support for Koca. One of them ends with the phrase “Man with a big heart”.
The TFF also imposed on the club Ankaragucucujo The fans scattered on the grass and participated in the aggression torutaR, a fine of two million lire (65 thousand euros). The team must play the next five home games without spectators.
In addition to Koca, four club directors were given warnings and two of them were fined and suspended for between 45 and 75 days, while two employees who joined in the aggression were also given lifetime bans.
On the social network X, members of the Turkish club denounced this decision. Spokesman Huseyin Aytekino announced that the club will “exercise its will”. Right to appeal to the TFF Arbitration Board.”
TFF Profesyonel Futbol Disiplin Kurulu’nun 14/12/2023 for 34 days before the opening of TFF Tahkim Kurulu.
-Hüseyin Aytekin (@huseyinayteki) December 14, 2023
In its first response was the TFF. Matches had been suspended in all the country’s football leagues, but the competitions will not resume next Tuesday.
Meler, who suffered a bruise under his left eye, left the hospital on Wednesday and should continue to referee, according to the association.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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