Athinaikos complains to FIBA against Besiktas after its defeat in Istanbul by the Turkish team for the premiere of the women’s EuroCup basketball. As Byron’s team states in its statement, the Turkales, despite constant communication to take down a provocative post, refused to withdraw it, with the former European Cup winner threatening to make an official complaint to the European Federation.
In detail, the announcement:
“Immediately after the end of Qualco Athens’ match in Istanbul against Besiktas, a highly provocative social media post of the Turkish club’s official account depicted two of our players as waitresses for the Turkish team’s players. Without any desire to let the matter grow, but also with zero tolerance towards provocations and derogatory attitudes towards our female athletes, we contacted Besiktas and immediately requested that the post be taken down.
The first excuse given was that it was a response to a story of our group, with which on the day of the draw we were giving an appointment with Mariella Fasoula in three months, which as an excuse is at least funny and superficial. It was our pleasure to face the Greek center on the field, something that was made clear in all the reports that have been made on the match in the previous days.
In the second communication the answer was that it is managed centrally and it is not possible, nor will the publication be downloaded.
More than two hours after our communication, the publication is still on Besikta’s social media and we are forced to publicly express our displeasure for a phenomenon, the repetition of which after every match between a Greek team and a Turkish team, whether at a collective or national level, ceases to look like a coincidence.
There will be an official complaint of the incident by our union to FIBA and we will continue to advocate that sports should unite and that, especially in very difficult and dangerous times, we should all be careful not to cross the thin red line. We thank Besiktas for their otherwise excellent hospitality at all levels and, once again, congratulate them on their victory.
PS We are not going to reproduce the highly offensive and derogatory post”.
Yemek izden, bizden bizden. ?? pic.twitter.com/59swvRoW9S
— Besiktas BOA Kad?n Basketbol (@BJK_KadinBasket) October 16, 2025
Source: Sport Fm
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