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Only in Turkey

 

Turkey’s president was forced to intervene after the boss of Turkish club Trabzonspor locked four match officials in a stadium overnight after they failed to award his side a penalty.

 

Trabzonspor were denied a last minute spot-kick in their recent 2-2 draw with Gaziantepspor, much to the frustration of the club’s president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu.

 

The officials responsible for the decision were subsequently locked in the stadium until 4am the following morning, with their release secured by the country’s president Recip Tayyip Erdogan.

 

‘I told stadium security not to let the referees leave until the morning, until I arrived, but a very important person called me and asked me not to cause embarrassment in Turkey and around the world,’ he told Turkey’s Dogan news agency.

 

‘He [Erdogan] promised the [penalty] incident would be investigated.’

 

The referees were escorted to safety by special forces, with the Turkish Football Federation now investigating the incident.

 

‘This unlawfulness cannot be justified by any erroneous referee decision and has caused deep discomfort in the whole football world,’ a statement said.

 

‘All efforts will be made to ensure that the related persons be tried not only under sports law but also criminal

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