It was claimed he was dismissed: Statement from the MHK President regarding Arda Kardeşler!

The repercussions of the Galatasaray – Beşiktaş derby played in the 10th week of the Süper Lig continue. After the match, which Galatasaray won 2-1, referee Arda Kardeşler's decisions became a subject of debate.

It was suggested that Arda Kardeşler, who was harshly criticized especially by the Beşiktaş side, had been dismissed.

MHK President Ferhat Gündoğdu explained the process they are following regarding Arda Kardeşler.

Speaking to the Spor Gecesi Dijital channel, Gündoğdu said the following:

'I read something like "our grudge has not passed" and I was very saddened. There should be no grudge; we are trying to do a job. When we are at fault, we will pay the price. In fact, we will pay a heavy price.'

The public will already see the rest period for Arda Kardeşler. This will be within our norms. The rest period equivalent on our scale is 4-6 weeks. It will not be less than that.

There were 8 positions to ensure fairness. We made our own internal MHK evaluation of these 8 positions. We also sent them to our consultants at UEFA in case we missed anything.

'Please evaluate this with the entirety of the match. Because we are going to make a decision regarding our colleague, regarding determining the rest period,' we said.

I also called him yesterday, for example. He is a very witty colleague. He is a relaxed person who likes to joke.

'Were you able to rest? A truck ran over you,' I said. He laughed and said, 'Don't ask, coach.' I called to boost his morale, I mean, it's not easy. He accepts his mistakes. I didn't talk about the positions specifically. He is aware that he made wrong decisions and is very upset.

I told Arda Kardeşler, 'I will send you the 8 positions. Look at these 8 positions not with the decisions in the match, but with a calm head. Then let's find out why you made these decisions, what influenced you? Let's find that, let's fix that. And let it be feedback for our colleagues and for you.'

He is doing that right now. When it comes back from UEFA, after all this feedback, we will make a fair decision and say, 'Arda, we will not assign you duties for a while, work well on these during this period.'