Shock in Turkey: Of the 571 referees, 371 gamble

In shocking statements that make the referees now questionable in the Turkish football made the president of the country’s federation.

THE Ibrahim Hasiomanoglou held a press conference in which a competent official of the country’s economic staff, who carried out the investigation, was present and informed about its findings.

In particular, it was found that out of the country’s 571 referees, 371 have accounts on betting websites, while he pointed out that 152 of these referees are also quite active, placing many and large bets.

Ten of the referees have placed more than 10,000 bets, with one reaching 18,227 placed bets.

The 42 have each bet on more than 1000 football matches, while 22 of the 371 referees are from the highest level of refereeing in the country.

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Hasiomanoglou made it clear that he intends to take immediate action and announced penalties and many changes.

What the president of the Turkish Football Association announced has clearly shocked the country as most teams, with their leaders, are taking a stand in his favor and expressing their absolute support for any decisions he makes to “clean up” Turkish football.

He characterizes today’s update as the starting point for a completely clean Turkish football Besiktas in an official announcement.

Same as the Fenerbahce which emphasizes that it will carefully monitor the case. For a historical opportunity for purification, she speaks Trabzonspor.