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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

Roma Sports Club Struggles With Bidding, Training Space

Roma Sports Club Struggles With Bidding, Training Space

Romanspor, a sports club founded for children and youth with Roma background in the northwestern province of Bursa, is facing problems with pitch lease according to its president.

9 February 2015 Nilay Vardar

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

“I Come From A Land Where Soccer is Women’s Game”

BARIŞ MUMYAKMAZ INTERVIEWED

“I Come From A Land Where Soccer is Women’s Game”

bianet interviewed Jessica O’Rourke, the only woman soccer player in Turkey’s alternative Gazoz League, about her challenge against men in the field, as well as her identity as soccer player and women’s soccer in Turkey.

17 April 2014 Barış Mumyakmaz

Kazova Factory to Make Jerseys for Cuba, Basque Country

Kazova Factory to Make Jerseys for Cuba, Basque Country

While Kazova workers have decided to open their own factory, they will be producing jerseys for Cuba and Basque Country soccer teams for the upcoming friendly game in Havana on February 15.

22 January 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Gay Referee Receives Offer From Alternative Soccer League

Gay Referee Receives Offer From Alternative Soccer League

Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, a publicly declared gay referee candidate who has been barred from professional soccer leagues in Turkey, received an offer to officiate games in Gazoz League, Turkey's alternative soccer league.

19 February 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu