Riots outside the stadium

Bursaspor vs Besiktas....well what was sopose to be Bursaspor vs Besiktas...

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May 8th 2011
So I thought I'd write a quick blog about my first Turkish derby experience....almost! A few days before the match I went with Asli to the stadium to buy my ticket for the match. At the ticket booth there was a ticket tout selling loads of cheaper tickets in the hardcore end of the stadium with the 'Texas' spporter groups (don't know why they're called that). So after sussin ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more