Recently, two famous former referees and sports commentators, Ahmet Çakar and Erman Toroğlu, announced their reconciliation and were guests on Ekol TV's program "I Just Spoke" hosted by Candaş Tolga Işık. During the program, Ahmet Çakar made a bombshell claim regarding Turkish referees. "CAN'T MANAGE A MATCH ON THE BEACH"In response to Erman Toroğlu's statement, "VAR referees are favored. The VAR referee in the last Fenerbahçe match was malicious," Ahmet Çakar targeted VAR referees by saying, "I would sign my name under that. If Erman and I were the MHK Presidents, Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu couldn't manage a match on the beach, let alone in amateur leagues." "THEY MANIPULATED MATCHES DUE TO BLACKMAIL"Continuing his remarks, Ahmet Çakar stated, "Up until five years ago, a few very famous referees were in the lap of club mafias. They had to manipulate matches due to blackmail," asserting that Turkish football has never been clean. "GALATASARAY BENEFITED THE MOST FROM THE STRUCTURE"In response to Candaş Tolga Işık's question, "Is there really a structure in football?" Çakar said, "The main point of the structure is the federation presidents. Last year, Galatasaray had a lot of influence, accept it. During the time of the late Süleyman Seba and Turgay Atasü, Beşiktaş also had its influence. Galatasaray benefited the most from the structure."
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