So this happened yesterday at a soccer match in NATO-ally Turkey:
Sick-during moment of silence 4 #ParisAttacks at soccer game btw #turkey & #greece Turkish fans boo then chant "Allahu Akbar" @foxandfriends
— heather nauert (@HeatherNauert) November 18, 2015
DISGUSTING, REVOLTING Turkey fans boo minute's silence for Paris victims https://t.co/pL6BNcyfwd
via @Reuters#YouDeserveErdogan— Tunku Varadarajan (@tunkuv) November 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/zaidbenjamin/status/666751680583761924
Longer video here:
However, there is some debate if the fans were actually booing the terrorists and honoring the victims:
An explanation to why Turkey fans appeared to boo minute’s silence for Paris attack victimshttps://t.co/nwdi2M5WTe pic.twitter.com/6ssXJV8qNy
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) November 18, 2015
With that said, Turkey’s coach did “slam” his team’s fans:
Fatih Terim slams Turkey fans for booing the minute silence for Paris attack victims (Video) https://t.co/PokcFuadGe pic.twitter.com/GdplFSRoIx
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) November 18, 2015
From the post:
As the debate rages, the post match comments of Turkey coach Fatih Terim bare paying attention to.
Terim publicly criticised the Turkey fans for their behaviour, delivering the following points to TV8:
We shouldn’t portray ourselves like this. When our fans act like that, we will have a hard time explaining ourselves to the rest of the world.
Why can’t we show just a minute of respect?
Booing the anthem, where’s that coming from? We are better than this. If this would have been done to us, we would be really upset. If we don’t act like we did today, we can prevent sports from being sacrificed to terrorism.
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We’ll update this post if we hear more either way.
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