23.02.2025 15:30
The tension between Galatasaray and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) before the Fenerbahçe derby is being taken to court. Following TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's announcement that he would impose a historic penalty on President Dursun Özbek, it has been claimed that the yellow-reds are preparing to go to the Constitutional Court.
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The tension that started with the appointment of Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic for the Fenerbahçe derby between Galatasaray and the Turkish Football Federation continues to escalate. As the ropes between Dursun Özbek and İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu are about to snap, a surprising move came from the yellow-reds.
GALATASARAY WILL SUE TFF
Speaking on TV100, Haluk Yürekli claimed that Galatasaray Club will take the penalties imposed on President Dursun Özbek by the Turkish Football Federation to the Constitutional Court. It was suggested that the yellow-reds would apply to the Constitutional Court regarding this issue in the coming days. Galatasaray had previously applied to the Administrative Court on the grounds that the Appeals Board was unlawfully constituted.
WHAT DID TFF PRESIDENT SAY ABOUT DURSUN ÖZBEK?
TFF President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, in a program he attended recently, stated about Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek, "I have my boards, I will refer Dursun Özbek to the Ethics Board. If he documents 10% of what he told me in the Ethics Board, I will resign from my presidency at TFF that day. If he cannot prove it, then the Ethics Board will probably impose a penalty on them that will go down in football history." he had said.
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN GALATASARAY AND TFF
Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu invited the presidents of both clubs to meet in Riva before the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby. The yellow-reds' president Dursun Özbek found this invitation insincere and rejected it. Later, Hacıosmanoğlu, who organized a meeting, responded to Özbek's "insincere" statement by announcing that a foreign referee would officiate the big match. Following this, Galatasaray released a statement after the name Slavko Vincic came to the forefront, directing three questions to the federation. Cimbom also objected to the federation's decision due to Vincic being born in the city of Maribor, Slovenia, owned by Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun Ilıcalı, and Ilıcalı's close relations with UEFA President Ceferin, who is a citizen of the 45-year-old referee. The TFF rejected the yellow-reds' objection and later announced that the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby would be officiated by Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic.
WHY DID GALATASARAY NOT WANT VINCIC?
The Galatasaray management, which is convinced that after Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun Ilıcalı met with Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin, the referee Slavko Vincic from the same country was appointed to the match, does not want Vincic due to Ilıcalı's ownership of Maribor Club in Slovenia. The 45-year-old referee, born in Maribor, also has close ties with UEFA President Alexander Ceferin, who is also Slovenian.
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