Uğur Dündar calls on Bitigen and Yankaya following referee meeting video
Fenerbahçe High Council President Uğur Dündar made a statement regarding the Central Referee Board (MHK) meeting on March 1, which was leaked to social media. Reacting to Abdulkadir Bitigen and Özgür Yankaya, Dündar stated, "They should apologize to the sports community today and quit refereeing!"
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TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi, tension continues in Turkish football, where referee decisions and on-field incidents are being debated.
Last night (March 25), the referee meeting held by the MHK on March 1 leaked onto social media.
The conversation between Abdulkadir Bitigen, who officiated the Galatasaray – Antalyaspor match, MHK instructor Hugh Dallas, and VAR Training Consultant Pawel Gil has become a major topic of discussion.
REACTION FROM FENERBAHÇE
The first reaction from the Fenerbahçe side regarding the discussions at the meeting, where a penalty decision was debated, has arrived.
Fenerbahçe High Council President Uğur Dündar, in a post on his social media account, called on Abdulkadir Bitigen and Özgür Yankaya to quit refereeing.
"THEY SHOULD APOLOGIZE AND QUIT REFEREEING"
In his post, Dündar stated, "If Abdülkadir Bitigen and Özgür Yankaya are honorable people, they should apologize to the sports community today for those wrong decisions that determined the fate of the league (for which they could not explain the reasoning) and quit refereeing!"
If Abdülkadir Bitigen and Özgür Yankaya are honorable people, they should apologize to the sports community today for those wrong decisions that determined the fate of the league (for which they could not explain the reasoning) and quit refereeing!..
— Uğur Dündar (@ugurdundarsozcu) March 26, 2024