{"id":17856,"date":"2012-04-30T14:49:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=17856"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:01:21","slug":"no-match-fixing-on-the-pitch-demiroren-head-of-turkish-football-federation-says-17856","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/no-match-fixing-on-the-pitch-demiroren-head-of-turkish-football-federation-says-17856\/","title":{"rendered":"No match fixing on the pitch, Demiroren, head of Turkish Football Federation says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No match fixing on the pitch, Demiroren, head of Turkish Football Federation says<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Turkish Football Federation (TFF) president Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren held a press conference in Antalya, where the TFF board conveyed for the all-important decision over weekend, where he stated that 16 clubs involved were refered to the Professional Football Discipline Committee (PFDK) relations to 22 matches.<\/h2>\n

Antalya, Turkey \/ NationalTurk – Holding a press conference in Antalya on Monday morning, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren, who was president of Besiktas only 2 months ago, stated that match-fixing alleged to have taken place during the previous season did not take place on the pitch. This will affect the penalties on match fixing.<\/p>\n

Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren stated the Football Ethics Committee submitted a report to the TFF on Thursday in which it included its investigation of the Turkish Super League. The report was thoroughly reviewed by the TFF who assembled in Antalya over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The TFF president mentioned the Turkish football federation has decided to refer 16 clubs to the Professional Football Discipline Committee (PFDK) in relations to 22 matches. Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren stated referring the clubs to the PFDK is not an attempt at intervention in the match-fixing case, but only a way to provide clubs a way to avoid paying for the actions of individuals.<\/p>\n

Demir\u00f6ren added taht as of Monday the 30th April, Article 58 of the federation’s disciplinary regulations, which regulates penalties, has been amended by adding point deduction as a possible penalty for match-fixing. Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren said Article 58 — which required a club to be relegated to a lower league as a penalty for match-rigging — was too harsh on clubs for individuals’ attempt to rig or manipulate matches and the results. He added that the PFDK has 2 days to finalise its decision regarding the in the match fixing indictment mentioned 16 clubs, including four top Turkish teams Fenerbah\u00e7e, Trabzonspor, Be\u015fikta\u015f and Galatasaray.<\/p>\n

Answering a question on the TFF’s talks with the UEFA regarding the fate of notorious Article 58, Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren expressed the UEFA had only requested the Turkish institutions make a decision in the case. He added that Fenerbah\u00e7e withdrawing a lawsuit it filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the TFF and the UEFA was solely the team’s decision and that there were no talks or conditional agreements that stipulated Fenerbah\u00e7e dropping its case.<\/p>\n

Fenerbah\u00e7e has withdrawn the appeal filed against UEFA and the Turkish Football Federation last week, seeking compensation for being barred from the 2011-2012 Champions League over the match-fixing scandal which rocked Turkish football to its very foundation.<\/p>\n

Fenerbah\u00e7e, who had initially won automatic qualification for the Champions League as the winner of the Spor Toto Super League, was demanding 45 million euros in compensation for lost prize money, match revenues and devalued stock after the team was barred from the competition due to match-fixing claims.<\/p>\n

The Istanbul-based club has called ex-TFF vice chairman L\u00fctf\u00fc Ar\u0131bo\u011fan and ex-chief legal counselor Mehmet Helvac\u0131 to resign for misinforming UEFA inspector Pierre Cornu, who came to Istanbul a week before the definitive Champions League decision. last year.<\/p>\n

The newly-elected TFF HeadY\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Demir\u00f6ren reportedly asked Fenerbah\u00e7e executives to withdraw the appeal, but Fenerbah\u00e7e\u2019s imprisoned president Aziz Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m stated that the club would not back down from the case, expressing that ‘ it is a case of honor.’<\/p>\n

Fenerbah\u00e7e looked to get an upper hand in its challenge for the CAS appeal when the former TFF chairman Mehmet Ali Ayd\u0131nlar stepped down from his post in January, declaring that he was ‘unaware’ of the details of the process.<\/p>\n

Fenerbah\u00e7e\u2019s withdrawal decision came on the day when the TFF\u2019s Ethics Committee was set to present its definitive report on the match-fixing case.<\/p>\n

The match-fixing scandal and probe concerns claims that some club officials and football players manipulated games in the Bank Asya League 1 ( second tier Turkish football) and the Spor Toto Super League, which ended in May of last year with Fenerbah\u00e7e winning the titel. In July 2011, Turkish police raided homes and football club premises, detaining 60 people suspected of fixing matches in those two Turkish leagues last season.<\/p>\n

Many high-ranking football officials from various Turkish clubs, including Fenerbah\u00e7e and Be\u015fikta\u015f, have been arrested on charges of fraud and match-fixing. A total of 31 individuals, including agents, former football players and club managers, were arrested in two waves of the probe, with Fenerbah\u00e7e Chairman Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m being the highest-profile figure taken into custody. Most of these suspects have been released, including Be\u015fikta\u015f coach Tayfur Havut\u00e7u and ex-vice-president Serdal Adal\u0131.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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