The MHK Will Find a Solution to These Problems

Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım launched a fierce attack on referees after his team's 2-1 derby defeat to Beşiktaş, calling for the Turkish Football Federation's refereeing body (MHK) to find solutions and even suggesting leagues could be postponed to train better officials. "If I start talking, nobody can stop me, let them know, Yıldırım said. The MHK will find a solution to these problems.

If necessary, let them postpone the Turkish leagues for a year and train referees. Yıldırım specifically targeted referee Halil Umut Meler, saying: "If you let a referee who was beaten referee matches, this is what happens! He's cutting us up bit by bit!

We apologize to our fans. They shouldn't hold it against us. The team didn't play well, but they were robbed.

"I've been president for 20 years and have followed football for 40 years," he added. "The referee is in the middle of the pitch, they bring down our player, he doesn't see a foul, there are three players in front of him. He doesn't see the position.

There's no VAR intervention on penalties. At least intervene, come and look. That doesn't happen either.

Kerem was literally tripped. Football can't be played like this in Turkey." "Turkish football won't go anywhere, Yıldırım concluded. "They'll punish us, but I'm not afraid of punishment. Shameful!