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Four detained in Amedspor match for not standing up during singing of National Anthem

Four detained in Amedspor match for not standing up during singing of National Anthem

During the Amedspor - Fethiyespor match, four supporters, including a member of the HEDEP Party Council, were taken into custody on the grounds that they did not stand up during the National Anthem.

20 November 2023

Amedspor vice president Ömer Elaldı detained ahead of playoff match

Amedspor vice president Ömer Elaldı detained ahead of playoff match

Police raided several residences belonging to Ömer Elaldı and his family ahead of the Diyarbakır-based team's crucial playoff game with 24 Erzincanspor.

Bursaspor handed nine-game stadium fan ban after racist attacks on Amedspor

Bursaspor handed nine-game stadium fan ban after racist attacks on Amedspor

During the game, the team's fans displayed banners evoking the memories of enforced disappearances in the country's Kurdish-majority regions in the 1990s.

MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team

MHP's Bahçeli hails racist attacks on Amedspor football team

Fans of Bursaspor displayed racist banners and threw objects onto the pitch during a Sunday game against Amedspor, a team based in the Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır city.

Amedspor: 'Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game'

Amedspor: 'Football Federation and UEFA should take disciplinary measures after Sunday's game'

Diyarbakır MPs, spectator groups, and the platform of NGO's of the major Kurdish-majority city of Türkiye accompanied the soccer team in the press conference they organized on their return from the away game in Bursa where they have been subjected to racist attacks.

6 March 2023 Roza Yiğit

Attack on Amedspor: Fans question how explosives, racist banners allowed in stadium

Attack on Amedspor: Fans question how explosives, racist banners allowed in stadium

The attacks on the Kurdish football club were "a black spot in the history of football," 13 fan groups said in a joint statement.

Racist attacks on Kurdish football team during match

Racist attacks on Kurdish football team during match

Supporters of Bursaspor threw objects onto the field throughout the game while displaying racist banners. The referees did not postpone the game despite the incidents.

Criminal complaint against officer who targeted Diyarbakır's football club over PKK attack

Criminal complaint against officer who targeted Diyarbakır's football club over PKK attack

A gendarmerie commander had given a pep talk to the Afyonspor players, telling them to "crush Amedspor" after a PKK attack in Mersin.

Turkey to pay damages to Deniz Naki and Amedspor

ECTHR JUDGEMENT

Turkey to pay damages to Deniz Naki and Amedspor

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the rights of football player Deniz Naki, who was fined due to his social media posts in 2016, and the rights of Amedspor football club, which was fined due to ‘ideological cheers’, have been violated.

Child Abuse Protested by Beşiktaş and Amedspor

Child Abuse Protested by Beşiktaş and Amedspor

While the fans and footballers fell into silence in the first minute of Beşiktaş-Ankaragücü match, the players of Amedspor entered the football field with the banner “Children keep silent, but you shouldn't” and staged a one-minute silent protest.

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Attack on Amedspor in Sakarya

Before the football match between Sakaryaspor and Diyarbakır-based Amedspor, video footages of operations were displayed on the screen. After the match, the fans of Sakaryaspor attacked the Amedspor players at the bench and in the changing room.

15 October 2018

Amedspor Fans Not Allowed in Sivas, Team Doesn’t Take Field

Amedspor Fans Not Allowed in Sivas, Team Doesn’t Take Field

Not allowed to bring its fans to away games following the banner reading “May children don’t die, may they come to the games” opened at a tribune in 2015, Amedspor met the same ban in Sivas too.

29 January 2018

Amedspor Player Deniz Naki Detained, Released Over Wrong Twitter Account

Amedspor Player Deniz Naki Detained, Released Over Wrong Twitter Account

Amedspor player Deniz Naki, who was taken into custody after Erdoğan’s attorneys filed a criminal complaint claiming he had “defamed the President” on Twitter, has been released as the Twitter account in question did not belong to him.

Only Diyarbakır-Born People Let in Amedspor Tribune

Only Diyarbakır-Born People Let in Amedspor Tribune

Amedspor fans who were not born in Diyarbakır haven’t been permitted to enter the game to be played between Gençlerbirliği-Amedspor at Turkish Ziraat Cup.

28 December 2016

Penalty Against Ankaragücü Over Attack on Amedspor Executives

Penalty Against Ankaragücü Over Attack on Amedspor Executives

Football Federation of Turkey has declared its decision of Ankaragücü as to battering against Amedspor executives: Penalty of playing without spectators for two games at his own stadium, 2 games at neutral ground.

6 People Including Ankaragücü Chairperson Testify Over Attacking Amedspor Executives

6 People Including Ankaragücü Chairperson Testify Over Attacking Amedspor Executives

Six people one of whom was Ankaragücü Chairperson, Mehmet Yiğiner have been taken into custody and testified as to battering Amedspor executives.

Amedspor Player Gets Excluded from 12 Games Saying ‘Long Live Freedom’

Amedspor Player Gets Excluded from 12 Games Saying ‘Long Live Freedom’

Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been sentenced to exclusion from 12 official games and 6,000 euro punitive fine due to his posting on Facebook following his team’s victory against Bursaspor on Turkey Cup.

5 February 2016

Amedspor: Not Going on Match without Fans

Amedspor: Not Going on Match without Fans

Amedspor, sentenced to play one game without audience by PFDK, has announced that they would not take the field against Fenerbahçe on Turkey Cup quarter final without their fans.

3 February 2016

Diyarbakır Municipality FC Adopts A Kurdish Name

Diyarbakır Municipality FC Adopts A Kurdish Name

The soccer club of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality changed its name to Amedspor, referring to the Kurdish name of Diyarbakır province.

29 October 2014