gerd
Retired Footballer
Isn't it so that one of Turkey's biggest sports papers is called FANATIK??? That says it all...i think the press has a huge responsability in things like this (and not only in Turkey, the English or German tabloids' way of reporting is outrageous too).
To be fair to Turkish people it is also about a clash of cultures...we don't understand each others reactions...
I saw Liverpool fans a couple of weeks ago in Brussels. They behaved extremely well but the way they adressed passing women is seen as humiliating by most muslim people...
Most western people who go to other countries (Arab, Eastern, African...) behave like at home...this is often without respect for the culture of the country they visit...this is often the case in football, hence the difficulties in Turkey when English teams played European matches...it is not only caused by misbehaviour of Turkish people...
But there is a problem in Turkish football and it would not be bad if they would be punished. I totally agree with Rentalkids post which is a very good, sensitive one...
PS: Bule what about those apologies...i'm still waiting...
To be fair to Turkish people it is also about a clash of cultures...we don't understand each others reactions...
I saw Liverpool fans a couple of weeks ago in Brussels. They behaved extremely well but the way they adressed passing women is seen as humiliating by most muslim people...
Most western people who go to other countries (Arab, Eastern, African...) behave like at home...this is often without respect for the culture of the country they visit...this is often the case in football, hence the difficulties in Turkey when English teams played European matches...it is not only caused by misbehaviour of Turkish people...
But there is a problem in Turkish football and it would not be bad if they would be punished. I totally agree with Rentalkids post which is a very good, sensitive one...
PS: Bule what about those apologies...i'm still waiting...