Watch Turkish football fans loudly boo their pre-match minute’s silence for Paris victims Read more

[7962]

Source: Metro UK

A section of Turkey’s fans decided to boo the scheduled pre-match minute’s silence before the country’s international friendly match against Greece in Istanbul on Tuesday night.
The two sides played out a forgettable 0-0 draw but the main talking point came before a ball was kicked as loud jeering, whistling and booing was clearly picked up by TV cameras as both sets of players stood solemnly in the centre circle.

The above video, which emerged on Twitter last night, appears to show sections of the crowd inside the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium refusing to honour the 129 victims were killed in last Friday’s horrific events in Paris.

Some reports are suggesting that through the boos and jeers the chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’ – the Islamic phrase meaning ‘God is greater’ – could be heard coming from the stands during the proposed silence.




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[ChiTownDenny]

1. Well,

that's a disappointing display of compassion.

[christx30]

2. When they say 'allahu akbar',

would it mean God is greater than the $25,234,639 we gave them in aid? Because we could do something about that.

[7962]

4. Ahhhh, there's a good point!! But should that be Billion instead of Million?

[christx30]

8. I just pulled the number from a quick google search. n/t

[leftynyc]

3. Disgusting

Can't even take a moment of silence to show some compassion. And from a supposedly moderate country. Vomit.

[EL34x4]

7. "Moderate" Turkey

Is becoming less so with each passing day.

[dembotoz]

5. also happened at sundays packer game

some sports fans are just vile

[7962]

6. Well, that was ONE guy at the Packer game, not the whole crowd.

[snooper2]

9. minimize and deflect, minimize and deflect

next thread!

[get the red out]

10. Yep

Overused tactic.

[sufrommich]

12. I'm surprised whoever did that at a Packers game

didn't suffer any consequences from the crowd around him.

[sufrommich]

11. Dear Turkish football fans:

[Aristus]

13. Hey! America isn't the only country jam-packed with boorish xenophobes!

Bonus!

[chowder66]

14. There are a couple of explanations about this

One is that they are actually booing the terrorists and the other is that there was no moment of silence for an attack on their citizenry.

Let it be clear: In Turkey (especially at football matches) a one minute silence is always used to chant for those who died in terrorist attacks.

And what they are chanting is this “Şehitler ölmez, vatan bölünmez”. Translation: “Martyrs, they do not die (they are immortal), homeland (land, our land) is indivisible.”

That is a habit from our past with the terrorist organisation PKK. More than 30.000 of our citizens died over the past 30 years with PKK (including babies, women, children, teachers, officers, doctors, students and soldiers).

In any event, after PKK terrorists kills someone in Turkey, people chant this. Below is a proof from one Turkish Premier League match:

http://uncova.com/an-explanation-for-why-turkey-fans-appeared-to-boo-minutes-silence-for-paris-attack-victims

And from the article posted in this OP;

Some reports on social media are suggesting that the decision Turkish fans took to boo the minute’s silence was not aimed at disrespecting the innocent deaths in Paris – but a pre-planned show of dissatisfaction at the hypocrisy in such situations.
Turkish supporters are unhappy that a silence wan’t held for the 100 people killed during the Ankara terror attack in October when two bomb explosions were set off outside the Ankara Central railway station.
‘They were booing as there was no minute silence when Isis blew up Turkish people a few weeks ago,’ Laura Townson commented on Facebook.
Mohamed El-Hami said: ‘They were upset because there were mass killing by ISIL and Kurdish army and lots of deaths in turkey and no country or football team or fans in Europe stood a silence minute for their victims. While Gemma Docherty added ‘they were booing western hypocrisy not condoning the deaths in Paris.’


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[Kali]

15. tsk

facts aren't welcome when we are having terrorist hysteria

all we know or care about are people "like us" - you know what that means

[former9thward]

19. No facts there.

Just pure speculation.

[LanternWaste]

16. I wonder if the Turks will soon begin eating Freedom fries

I wonder if the Turks will soon begin eating Freedom fries, or if this is simply not indicative of the country's collective sentiments.

[lark]

17. Bad form, Turkey.

Keep alienating the west, that will be certain to make us not want to support the Kurds in their war against Daesh.

How stupid and heartless.

[Blue_Tires]

18. Newsflash: Turkish soccer fans are drunken louts?