Trabzonspor lost 4-3 to Galatasaray with controversial referee decisions. After the match, Trabzonspor side reacted harshly to the referee of the match, Kadir Sağlam. Then, in the statement made by the club, a call was made to TFF and MHK. The harsh statement included the following statements:
As Trabzonspor, we have stated many times since the beginning of the season that Turkish Football cannot progress with the current Central Referee Board and that serious mistakes made in matches will lead to great dangers.
Trabzonspor’s name has never been mentioned alongside match-fixing, incentives, structures or vested interests! We have always wanted justice, not privilege. Today, we openly warn once again: Referees and those who manage them (!) who try to manipulate society through football have now become a ‘national security problem’!
We know from experience that they lack values such as morality, honor or virtue. If they already had these values, we would invite them to resign. However, there is not even the slightest trace of these concepts!
We call out once again to the President of the Turkish Football Federation, Mr. İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu: Completely solve this problem, which has become gangrenous in Turkish football for years!
We reiterate our call for the appointment of staff who know rights, law and morality. This is no longer a matter of team, color or city. Turkish football is ending! It will be too late tomorrow.
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