#Turkey — Amedspor has been promoted to the Süper Lig, the top tier of football in Turkey. However, this development has gone beyond a simple sporting achievement and quickly became one of the most widely discussed topics in the country.
Amedspor is known as a club mainly supported by Kurds. For this reason, matches played especially against teams with Turkish nationalist supporter groups have often turned into political tensions extending beyond the pitch. Far-right circles in Turkey accuse the club of being “separatist” and call for it to be shut down.
At the same time, the country’s biggest clubs, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, and Beşiktaş, shared messages congratulating Amedspor. This further escalated the debate, as nationalist supporters of these clubs also reacted against their own teams on social media.
In the upcoming season, many matches involving Amedspor are expected to carry not only a sporting dimension but also a political one. Because Amedspor is a club with a strong and mobilized supporter base, receiving intense backing both at home and in away matches.
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The Turkish Football Federation has imposed a large financial penalty on Amedspor over a video that was shared. The sanction is considered one of the most severe penalties imposed in the lower leagues.
The fine was issued over a video published by Amedspor showing women braiding their hair. The video followed the circulation of footage shared by jihadist militants linked to Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria, which showed what is believed to be a cut braid of hair belonging to a Kurdish woman. After that footage spread, a hair-braiding solidarity campaign emerged online, with participation from European female politicians. Amedspor later supported the campaign by sharing a video, after which the penalty was imposed.
In recent weeks, serious clashes have taken place in Syria between radical jihadist forces linked to al-Sharaa and Kurdish groups. Amedspor is also known as a club that is widely supported by Kurds in Turkey.
Merhaba Amed!
Uzun yıllardır farklı platformlarda şehrimizin kültürünü, kurumlarını ve takımlarını dijitalde en doğru şekilde temsil etmeye çalıştık. Şimdi bu birikimi 21 Digitale çatısı altında topluyor ve yeni bir yolculuğa başlıyoruz.
@irfan_gozen İşleyiş süreç hakkında eksikler var ama olması gereken madde eklenmiş. Bence kargaşa yaratmadan grup aşamasından önce olması önemliydi. İlk baktığımda eksikliği farketmiştim demek ki bugünlerde eklenme gereksinimi duyulmuş. Elemeler başlamadan önce eklenmesi daha doğru olurmuş.