The soccer team Amedspor was attacked in front of their hotel and also in the stadium while preparing for the match. The crowds from the opposing team, Bursaspor, carried banners of white Toros brand cars, which were used by the Turkish intelligence and police to kidnap, torture, rape and kill thousands of Kurdish people in the 1990s. The Bursaspor fans also carried banners of a Turkish intelligence officer with the code name “Yeşil-Green-” who was known to have assassinated Kurds for the Turkish government.
Bar Association of Diyarbakir, a predominantly Kurdish metropolitan center, has called for an investigation into the attacks on the Kurdish players of its soccer team.
The soccer team Amedspor was attacked in front of their hotel and also in the stadium while preparing for the match. The crowds from the opposing team, Bursaspor, carried banners of white Toros brand cars, which were used by the Turkish intelligence and police to kidnap, torture, rape and kill thousands of Kurdish people in the 1990s. The Bursaspor fans also carried banners of a Turkish intelligence officer with the code name “Yeşil-Green-” who was known to have assassinated Kurds for the Turkish government.
Before the match, the racist fans set off fireworks in front of the hotel the Kurdish players were staying in and chanted racist slogans against the Kurds. Although present, the Turkish police did not interfere or even try to prevent these attacks. Racist fans also threw unexploded bullets at the Kurdish players. A group of masked fascists entered the stadium prior to the scheduled opening of the gates and chanted anti-Kurdish insults. Others from the spectator seats encouraged them by shouting, “Kill them, Kill them.”
The Bar Association of Diyarbakir, the Kurdish city the attacked team is from, called for a disciplinary investigation on the matter.
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