Football

Istanbul Derby cancelled due to terror threat

One hour before the start of the Turkish football Federation to cancel the Derby due to the security situation, decides. Previously, you had already decided to leave the controversial game without spectators take place.

Security forces in front of the vacated stadium in Istanbul

Now, the terrorist has achieved in Turkey in the Sport of football: the Sunday night Istanbul Derby in the Süper Lig between Galatasaray football world champion Lukas Podolski and Fenerbahce was cancelled on short notice. The Turkish football Federation (TFF) have decided that because of the security situation following the events of Saturday, report multiple media. In the case of a
Terrorist attack had died in the centre of Istanbul, five people, 36 people were injured. The very short-term decision-making caused a stir. A new date has not been fixed yet.

Already hundreds of Fans in the stadium

In a first statement to the Istanbul Governor’s language office, only that the “care after the incidents, which happened in the last few days in our city”, was crucial. Riots or similar incidents in the stadium, it was not about the Arena, however, was to see a police helicopter. Recordings of the payment channel Lig TV showed that hundreds of Galatasaray supporters were located in the Türk Telekom Arena. They were asked to leave the stadium immediately.

The teams were not at that time yet. Trailer Fenerbahces were not in the stadium. After various riots between fan groups, it is since years that derbies between the top clubs without the Fans of the host club to take place. Already in the morning, the news channel CNN Türk reported that emergency workers with sniffer dogs searched the stadium in search of hidden bombs.

Father of Galatasaray players victims of terror in Ankara

For Galatasaray it is not the first Time that the effects of terror in contact. Last week the player’s father died Bulut in the car Umut bomb attack in Ankara that a total of 37 people had been killed. Bulut was just started before the attack, with the Turkish record Champions when League rivals Genclerbirligi, his father was on the way home from the stadium, as he was the victim of the assassination.

sti/og/sw (sid, dpa)