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2023

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  11.10.2023 UEFA: Official announcement of EURO 2028 and EURO 2032 hosts

  UEFA has officially announced that the UK and Ireland will host the European Football Championships in 2028, while Italy and Turkey will co-host the event in 2032.

2020

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  31.01.2020 Turkey: Standing legalised across all leagues

  After years of the all-seater rule, Turkey has moved towards a more open approach. Following legal changes from 2019 and early 2020 stadia can now function also without individual seats in some areas.

2014

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  28.11.2014 Turkey: Fans not letting go, stadiums still empty

  TV cameras aren’t showing the stands too much anymore, because there’s nothing to show. Stadiums are half-empty at best, while supporters took their case to the Supreme Court.

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  29.09.2014 Turkey: Empty stadiums, fans in court

  Beşiktaş drew only about 2,000 people to the country’s largest stadium. Galatasaray witnessed a 9,000 turnout. Numbers sound worse in smaller clubs. Meanwhile fans challenge the new fan ID cards in court.

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  19.09.2014 New stadiums: Büyükşehir Stadyumu and Başakşehir Stadyumu

  Both were first announced in 2006, both required budgets of under TRY 200 million. But one was built for a great and popular club, while the other for a team that has barely any followers.

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  06.08.2014 10+ Ranking: Here are the best European clubs by attendance

  There are 229 clubs in Europe enjoying on average 10,000 spectators and more. We list all of them to show the Continent’s most magnetic teams. Some fanbases really deserve praise for their participation, right Rangers/Portsmouth?

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  08.05.2014 Turkey: Court suspends controversial fan cards

  Italian or Polish football fans never heard this kind of good news, but in Turkey things seem more positive. The 16th Court of Ankara ruled to suspend Passolig, the system forcing each supporter to provide sensitive data to get inside any stadium within two top leagues.

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  23.04.2014 Turkey: Supporters protest new fan cards

  Just like the Italian “Tessera del Tifoso”, new Turkish Passolig card causes huge controversies. Fans across the country boycott games and take into the streets.

2013

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  28.08.2013 Turkey: Political protests inside stadiums banned

  With Turkish supporters loudly reminding prime minister Erdogan of civil liberties, the government prepared a set of measures to stifle them. All under the slogan of counter-terrorism.