When you try to make a simple point but it gets stretched out over two pages because someone wants to quibble about a word rather than the point it gets rather painful.
Wots this post doing in here. Sort it out mods this is not a thread for football related discussions.
We are trending in Turkey thanks to this tweet, get ready for another Turkish backlash, you can see that tweet has enormous amount of views compared to others:
Be even worse when the mighty leeds get back to their rightful place in the champions league and draw galatasaray!!!
Think those comments say more about them than us. Load of unhinged bollocks even by Twatter standards
I think backlash is beyond Galatasaray but sure it is ignited by them. We might lose couple of sponsors, I see a lot of support tweets from everyone stating that flag is sacred for nation and call for Corendon and Safi to leave sponsorship. Safi is Fener based group, they will resist but I am not sure about Corendon. It was obvious that at some point Acun's stupid mind games will cause us some trouble, but even I didn't foresee this, Leeds-Galatasaray games were in April it is not even anniversary, Turks see this as clear provocation out of nowhere and I believe Acun just thought he could outrage gala fans somehow, not entire country.
It's the same that's been said the last few years, I think you're over exaggerating. Turkish people are smarter than you give them credit for.
I think there's a good point about not allowing the act of a few to represent the nation etc but....Why are the Turkish twitter/football fans so melodramatic all the time about everything .
I believe you are not aware of narrative of Leeds events in Turkey in 2000, it is completely different than UK. I don't say it is what happened, but entire Turkish newspapers printed that they burned Turkish flag, raped a teen and attacked shop owners who are trying to prevent them, so public opinion there strongly supporting murderers some of them are celebrated upon their release years later. They even got reduced jail time due to "aggravated provocation", you underestimate flag burning here since it is completely legal but it is a serious offence there, therefore you cannot judge them by your standards, don't bring your flags is an insult to them. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe....svg/1920px-Flag_Desecration_Legality.svg.png It is already in national news: Acun's controversial decision: Entry with the Turkish flag is prohibited https://www.sozcu.com.tr/acun-dan-tepki-ceken-karar-turk-bayragiyla-giris-yasaklandi-p122587 Acun Ilıcalı bans Hull City fans from wearing Turkish flags https://www.habervitrini.com/acun-ilicali-hull-city-taraftarina-turk-bayragini-yasakladi/1134124 Scandalous call from Hull City, owned by Acun Ilıcalı! 'Do not bring a Turkish flag to the stadium' https://www.trhaber.com/spor/acun-i...ri-stada-turk-bayragi-getirmeyin-h897912.html Acun Ilıcalı did not want the Turkish Flag from Hull City fans! What happened in the Galatasaray - Leeds match? https://ajansspor.com/haber/hull-ci...lesi-turk-bayragi-stadyuma-alinmayacak-685514 Acun Ilıcalı banned Turkish flags https://www.fotospor.com/avrupadan-futbol/acun-ilicali-turk-bayragini-yasakladi-665472 more and more...
It irritates me a bit that we seem to be doing this every time we play them. I think one time it was around the anniversary of it happening or something, but do have to put this performance on every time? I know it's a sensitive issue and maybe I've got it wrong, but it seems way over the top to me that we have to denounce an entire nation every time we play Leeds because they have a vendetta against that country over a specific historic event which happened there. I don't think this applies to any other club or any other event. An English fan got killed supporting his team in Italy in the last few years didn't he? Can't remember what club, Brighton maybe? Do Italian owned clubs have all this fuss when they play them? Like with a few things, it feels like because it's Leeds you get it forced down your throat more than with anyone else.
Our fans have been coming to the stadium with our flag as a gesture to us since the first day at Hull City matches and this makes us proud. However, since the tragic incident in 2000 in which two Leeds fans lost their lives, some hooligans from other teams have used our flag to provoke Leeds United fans by making reference to this incident. The statement made today is aimed at preventing the use of our flag as a provocation against our country. Although the same advice was made on the club's social media account last year, the intentions of those who distorted the same announcement today are clear.
Told you backlash is bigger than you thought, Acun is forced to make statement in the middle of night, it is 3.52 AM in Turkey, that tweet is posted.
I think it's slightly disappointing that Acun never normally has time to post about City on his personal account, but makes an exception when it's in relation to his ongoing spat with half of the Turkish population.
It's to prevent trouble at the game. It's risk management mainly. But Hull isn't a Turkish club. And anything other than mutual respect and a consensus that no one should go and support their team and be murdered should not be a contentious issue. Anything else is just outside noise.
