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2021

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  23.02.2021 New stadium: Adana stadium completed after seven years

  Construction works began in 2014 and were to last approximately two years. Unfortunately, this did not happen and only now, after almost five years of delay, the stadium is opened for two second-tier teams.

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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  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.