Erden Timur's statements on "Black Market" and "Construction" that will stir up the scene.

Former Galatasaray Vice President of Sports AŞ, Erden Timur, made statements on many important topics during a live broadcast on TV 100. Timur used expressions that will be widely discussed regarding the "black market" ticket debates that shape the agenda of Turkish football.

"BLACK MARKET HAPPENS IN EVERY MATCH"

Timur's statements on the subject are as follows;

The black market happens in every match. This issue occurred within Galatasaray itself. Fatih Altaylı said it, Hayri Ağabey mentioned it in the Divan Board. If there were something Galatasaray would be afraid of, it wouldn't be brought to the agenda. I'm not saying it hasn't happened; it certainly has, it happens in every team. Coincidentally, when this issue was being discussed, I was at the club 3-5 days later. I said at the club, 'Let's make a call, let all clubs fight against this, let this issue be investigated.' It was investigated, and a decision was made that there was no basis for prosecution. I cannot discuss the law; if you cannot find the document... This is also how slander works; you cannot prove the opposite, it might hold...

President Dursun applied to the Prosecutor's Office, saying, 'Let everything be investigated, and those who make claims should present the documents.' There cannot be a more civilized behavior than saying if there is an unjust discrediting, let it be investigated, and if the issue is real, let it be investigated too. It is said that it was investigated and covered up. If that were the case, you wouldn't do this. Can you go and apply!

REVENUES OF THE 3 BIG CLUBS

"In the 2022/23, 2023/24... in 23/24, Galatasaray's stadium revenue is 52.7 million euros, Fenerbahçe's is 36, Beşiktaş's is 25.6 million euros. These are data taken from balance sheets, publicly traded. Broadcast revenue for Galatasaray is 9.5, Fenerbahçe's is 9, Beşiktaş's is 7.3. UEFA revenue: Galatasaray 35, Fenerbahçe 12.4, Beşiktaş 8.2. Product sales: Galatasaray 70.5, Fenerbahçe 61.2, Beşiktaş 30.4. These are all in million euros. Sponsorship revenue: Galatasaray 54.3, Fenerbahçe 35.8, Beşiktaş 33. Player development rental: Beşiktaş's is zero, Fenerbahçe's is 2.8, Galatasaray's is 6.3. Total operating revenue: Galatasaray's is 228.3 million euros, Fenerbahçe's is 158.6, Beşiktaş's is 111.3 million euros. In player sales: Galatasaray 32.6, Fenerbahçe 57, Beşiktaş 3.1 million euros."

"STADIUM REVENUE INCREASED 13 TIMES"

"We increased stadium revenue 13 times. In our first year, the season ticket prices were very low. It was increased 13 times. Sponsorship revenue was increased. A stadium naming sponsor receives 8-9 million euros, and this year it will increase even more. I had TÜİK and ENAG put the average of inflation in the sponsorship contract to increase it."

"Stadium revenue increased from 25.9 million euros to 52.7 million euros. In the year we were in the 13th year, it was 13.7 million euros. Before that, it was 5.6 million euros. Broadcast revenue remained the same. UEFA revenue was 1.5 million euros in our first year, now it is 35. Product sales increased from 24.7 to 70.5. Without inflation accounting, euro to euro. In product sales, 3.2 million products were sold in 2020/21, and 5 million products were sold in 2023/24."

"I DID NOT EXACTLY SAY 'WE WON'T FINISH THIS LEAGUE'"

• Did the statement 'We won't finish the league' affect the referees?

If I were on the Fenerbahçe side, I would evaluate it that way, thinking there was an effect. I did not say a sentence like 'We won't finish this league.' The question was, 'Can this league end with these referee mistakes?' I said, 'It won't end, we won't let it end.' You can cut a rule, turn your back, and leave. If you glance back, the rule is broken.

Mr. İbrahim Hatipoğlu said we haven't even discussed the method yet. Acun Bey sent a message, yes. Acun Bey said, 'We sent the positions.' The method I mentioned is not that. Everyone's phone should be examined. We need to overcome the football polarization in the public.

We said phones and accounts should be investigated. We applied to the TFF in writing. We went to the Chief Prosecutor. 'There must be something for us to intervene,' he said to us; he was probably the Deputy Chief Prosecutor. This needs to be done to discipline it. A criminal complaint is singular. Everyone needs to be investigated.

"IF MANIPULATION DOES NOT END, THE PUBLIC WILL TALK ABOUT IT"

"No revolution is planned with a hundred percent certainty. You will have to open your forehead, and you will have to open your collar. There is a saying by Mevlana, he says when you set out, the road gets lost. As long as everyone puts it out there, everyone calls for 'let's be examined.' After that, everyone applies. I applied, he applied, this one applied. Those who do not apply will already be considered as 'having done it.' If we do not end the manipulation of the public, the football public will always talk about this."

HIGHLY DISCUSSED "STRUCTURE" WORDS

• You used the word structure for the first time. Are you talking about the same structure as Fenerbahçe? Who was the structure you were referring to?

When I think of the word structure, I always think of the structuralism movement in philosophy; that comes to my mind. It is a philosophical movement. I said clique, I said structure. I said the first clique. I said the setup. I have talked a lot, I have said many things. What you eat in the summer becomes something.

"THE 'STRUCTURE' I MENTIONED WAS A THEORY"

It is not a huge structure. That's why I said clique. It is something I have gotten used to hearing without being in it. Apparently, what I called structure was correct. It was something that had been said for many years. It must be something that benefits everyone from time to time; if it only served one side, they would take it. This was a theory. If there is a structure within something, it serves everywhere so that it can continue for many years. The structure I am referring to is not the structure created by the TFF or anyone else. I think there is a structure that shows inclination towards certain people in the referee mechanism, both in appointments and decisions.

The structure I am talking about is not the same as the structure Fenerbahçe is referring to. I cannot understand what kind of structure Fenerbahçe is talking about. I am openly explaining the structure I am referring to."