Those 613 freeloading tourists must be revealed immediately!

First of all, let me state that this is definitely not a football or match article...

This article is an article about plunder...

An article about "Eat, gentlemen, eat!"

An article about the shameless, the brazen, the ignoble...

An article about the impudent, the indecent, the dishonorable!

This article is a "rebellion against robbery, looting, favoritism, and squandering the state's coffers."

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The European Football Championship is ongoing in Germany. Our National Football Team played its first match against Georgia yesterday.

The result, the football played, the squad selection—in other words, anything related to football—does not concern me at all.

If you are asking, "Well, what is it that makes you so furious?" let me tell you:

The group of 613 freeloading tourists who have mixed in with the enthusiastic fans in the stands!

That is the absurdity that makes my blood boil!

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Let's get to the details:

The website www.futbolsansursuz.com has compiled a list of how many people the football federations of all the countries that qualified to play in Germany have taken to the tournament, or rather, how many people they will host for free throughout the games...

The list is summarized as follows:

The English Football Association only covers the expenses of the national team delegation...

The French Football Federation is a bit more generous... It covers the expenses of 27 guests in addition to the national team delegation.

In Switzerland, this number is only 14, in Spain it is 40, and in Portugal it is 33 guests...

Take note; these are all football countries that are contenders in the championship...

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Our Football Federation, on the other hand, is covering all the expenses of exactly 613 guests in addition to the national team delegation...

That is, their plane tickets, hotel costs, food and drink... Everything!

Well, why?

Which of these countries are we richer than?

In which one is the number of citizens living below the hunger and poverty line close to ours?

In which one are pensioners and low-income earners given starvation wages on the grounds of an economic crisis?

However, while they only cover the expenses of federation officials outside of the national team delegation, we are making lists of 613 freeloaders.

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If the round-trip flight, hotel, food, and match ticket expenses for one person are 5 thousand Euros by the most optimistic estimate; the cost of 613 people to the Federation is 3.1 million Euros...

That is 108 million liras...

So, is Federation President Mehmet Büyükekşi paying this money out of his own pocket?

Of course not...

The entire amount comes out of the Football Federation's coffers.

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So, who are these 613 football-loving freeloaders?

I liken them to those who go on Hajj at the state's expense.

The answer to the question is simple; some deputies of the ruling party, high-level executives of the ministry, and the largest portion are the delegates who will vote in the Football Federation elections to be held immediately after the championship ends!

In other words, Mr. Mehmet is making a vote investment at the state's expense.

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The English protect even a single pound of their king; we live with those who act like big spenders by spending at least 108 million liras from the state treasury.

Have no doubt; this scandal will also be covered up!

Because this is neither England, nor Switzerland, nor France, nor Spain, nor Portugal...

This is a country dominated by those who say, "The state's property is an ocean, those who don't eat are pigs"...

Still, I have one expectation:

The disclosure of these 613 freeloaders...

At least let their names go down in history!

Please do not say "It won't do any good" and ask the Football Federation who these shameless people are...

Here are the contact addresses:

Phone: 0216 554 51 00-01

Fax: 0216 319 19 58

e-mail: [email protected]