Video: Turkish Elite Referee Brutalized For Allowing Equalizer
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<p>All Turkish League matches have been suspended indefinitely after a referee was brutalized during a top-tier match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor on Monday, December 11. Late on Monday, a video surfaced online showing the referee identified as Halil Umut Meler, lying on the pitch with his hands over his face as he was […]</p>
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All Turkish League matches have been suspended indefinitely after a referee was brutalized during a top-tier match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor on Monday, December 11.
Late on Monday, a video surfaced online showing the referee identified as Halil Umut Meler, lying on the pitch with his hands over his face as he was being kicked at by officials of Ankaragucu.
Before he fell on the pitch, the president of Ankaragucu, Faruk Koca stormed the pitch and punched him in the face after Caykur Rizespor scored the equalizer in the 97th minute to make it a 1-1 draw.
The kicks and punches which rained on Meler, a 37-year-old Turkish A-grade referee, who also works for FIFA in international matches, caused minor fractures and he is currently responding to treatment.
Following the incident, players and club officials from both clubs were embroiled in an almost free-for-all fight.
“The matches in all leagues have been postponed indefinitely,” Turkish FA [TFF] chairman Mehmet Buyukeksi told a news conference.
“This attack is a night of shame for Turkish football”.
Koca who started the crisis also needed hospital care, and “detention procedures will be carried out after the treatment”, according to Turkey’s interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya.
Yerlikaya stated that other people had been taken into custody for their involvement in the incident.
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>While Rogan might not be so keen on visiting Montreal (or anywhere else in Canada) at the moment, he has praised the city's fight culture and its passionate Bell Centre crowds, especially during events featuring Quebec's own UFC legend Georges St-Pierre, a four-time guest on Rogan's podcast. </p><p>Rogan has called several Montreal UFC cards over the years, including UFC 83 (2008), UFC 97 (2009), UFC 113 (2010), UFC 124 (2010), UFC 154 (2012), UFC 158 (2013), and UFC 186 (2015).</p><p>He's also offered the city compliments in the past. In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzujdxJxLIQ&ab_channel=PowerfulJRE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2018 episode</a> with Joe Beef owners David McMillan and Fred Morin, Rogan called Montreal a "beautiful" and "amazing" city, later claiming that Joe Beef is his "all-time favourite restaurant."</p><p>But given his recent comments, it's safe to assume he won't be stopping in for their famous lobster spaghetti anytime soon.</p><p><em>This article's left-hand cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.</em></p>
