The root is rotten❗️Official Turkish Football Association: 150 referees were suspended for betting, up to 1 year

The Turkish Football Association officially issued an announcement and made a decision at the Football Disciplinary Committee meeting to punish referees who participated in betting. A total of 150 referees were suspended.

Through this investigation, it was confirmed that among the 571 active referees who enforce the law in the Turkish Professional League, as many as 152 were involved in betting, and 150 of them received suspension penalties of varying lengths.

24 referees received the most severe punishment of 12-month suspension; 67 received the lightest punishment, being suspended for 8 months; and the remaining 59 referees were suspended for 10 months. In addition, the investigation of two referees is still ongoing, and no penalties have been imposed yet.