Büyükekşi: “There is no problem we cannot overcome”
Speaking after the visit, TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi said, “After the incident that took place on Thursday, many of our presidents, especially our President and ministers, sent a message and conveyed their wishes. Today, our presidents, football players and coaches came here to add strength to us. As the Federation, we have been trying to find a solution to all kinds of problems by saying ‘There is no problem, there is a solution’ since the first day, very quickly. Nothing can intimidate. We will continue our work with the same determination and determination. Problems have been around for years, we are trying to solve them gradually.” used the phrases.
Stating that they implemented the TFF Fair-Play Board, Büyükekşi said, “This committee will meet every month and will choose the most gentleman football player of the month, the most gentleman coach of the month, the most gentleman football team of the month, the most gentleman president of the month and the most gentleman supporter of the month. We will also give them financial rewards. “This is how we will give them some of the penalties we impose on clubs. We will announce them for a month.” he said.
Reminding that they started the matches 1 minute late for a week due to the attack against the federation, the President of the TFF said, “I am calling from here. The year 2023 is the 100th anniversary of our Republic. I hope all together; clubs, federation, our presidents, football players and referees will be worthy of the 100th year. We will have a season. Because everything we will do is actually to increase the brand value of our league. If we cannot increase the brand value, we cannot be successful in anything. If we can increase the brand value, our teams and national teams will be stronger. We will bring out the success together here. We will succeed together. I say to our club presidents, “I would like to thank our coaches and players. Your presence here today gave me strength.” made its assessment.
– Coach: “Situations like this require extraordinary approaches”
Starting his speech by wishing the TFF president, members of the board of directors and the federation employees well, Ali Koç, President of the Clubs Union Foundation, said, “I wish Turkish football well soon. I hope it is an event that will never be repeated. However, we are faced with an issue that disturbs not only the stakeholders of football, but also our entire people. We have no doubt that our ministries will examine the issue down to the smallest detail and reveal the events.” used the phrases.
Emphasizing that they want to make this visit as the Association of Clubs Foundation, Ali Koç said:
“The main message is that we are faced with radical events. Such situations require extraordinary approaches. We have seen that we need much more radical approaches for peace and fair play in Turkish football. Regarding the events in the Ankaragücü-Beşiktaş match, no matter which club’s player is involved, what is the reason?” No matter what, this kind of attack has been done to all of us. It is an attack on Turkish football, it is unacceptable. I’m afraid that if the right steps are not taken, I think there are risks that it will happen more frequently in the future. It is not possible for a whole community to take an action like what happened in a match by a spectator of a club. “We think that it is necessary. We should all fight as one body, rather than the communities dealing with these problems alone. I also wish the Galatasaray community well soon. We talked to the president of Mr. Dursun. I hope these are insane events, they happened one after another by chance and will not happen again.”
“I would also like to make a call to the football stakeholders and supporters of the Republic of Turkey. We may be exposed to much more provocation.” Koç said, “Awareness on the subject needs to be increased. Responsible people in the stands, whose only desire is to support the club, should also be raised. We should also take the lead in this.” made the statement.
Noting that they started the league well despite many problems, Ali Koç said, “In the economic environment we are in, it does not seem possible to bring the end of this season, not only as a country’s economy. Maybe the clubs will run out of breath in November-December, some in January-February. All of us will be out of breath. We couldn’t make much progress even though we told our problems to the relevant places and to the highest levels. Despite this, it was a season that we started with hope and opened a new page. The reason for this was the TFF change. We see that everything is done to meet the needs and problems of the clubs. Of course, TFF cannot solve every problem. “Intention is important to us. Problems are either solved or attempts are made to solve them in many issues. The extraordinary events, the tensions in the stadium, the last 3 events we mentioned have caused us to worry a lot. We are the main factor in the elimination of these problems. We must clean our own garden.” expressed an opinion.
Referring to the importance of referee performances, Ali Koç said, “We see that our federation has made many attempts regarding referee performances. Referee issues are not unique to this season. As a result, we want to say that we have confidence. We know that moves are being made in this regard. We know we need it.” used the phrases.
Underlining that the media has a responsibility for the improvement of the football climate, the President of the Clubs Union Foundation concluded his words as follows:
“As a person who attaches great importance to freedom of expression, we need to be able to understand the difference between freedom of expression and irresponsibility of expression. Attacks and insults on some television programs, social media, presidents, managers, football players, coaches, especially on television… We are aware of the seeds planted to create an environment of hatred and discrimination in football. We need to address this issue as a whole, as all the clubs and our federation. Unfortunately, the climate is extremely favorable to bring the fans of the main clubs into fights with each other. What happens in the social media environment today, in fact, affects the daily activities of the clubs. has become affecting their future plans. There is a structure and climate in our country at the moment to create an economy and trade from illegal betting sites with more followers. This structure sets the most important stakeholders of football, clubs against each other. We have to fight this structure altogether. No, he writes it. wrote y ok he said that… The biggest problem of the previous federation was being influenced by the news in the press and managing it. Please stay away from this environment. As long as the federation and our clubs put their heads together, there is no problem that we cannot solve together with the relevant units of our state.”