Turkey fans boo minute’s silence for victims of Paris terrorist attacks

According to the UK’s Daily Mail, the Turkish team faced Greece at Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium in a game that was tarnished before it even started yesterday.

Silence was observed to pay respect for the ones who lost their lives in Terror attack.

But at this week’s match between Greece and Turkey, as players and officials stood silently, many fans in the stands were heard booing with reports saying a few were heard yelling “Allah Akbar”.

This is the latest of many incidents around Europe where soccer fans have misbehaved.

And Fatih Terim, the coach of the team, criticized the fans: “If they do the same thing during our national anthem, what will you do?” The moment of silence was supposed to last for one minute.

“To deal with human traffickers we need a joint fight”, Tsipras told journalists.

“We are keeping the minute’s silence for the victims [of Paris attack]”. The deadliest terrorist attack in Turkey’s history killed more than 100 people, many of them attending a rally held by left-leaning groups.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras were also in attendance to watch the game together.

“It’s vital to keep in mind those who are refugees are fleeing persecution”, said Michael Mitchell, with the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, an organisation working to resettle refugees in the US.

Abs Pangader Actually, they’re chanting “Sehitler olmez, vatan bolunmez”. In Turkey, there is rarely a minute of silence that isn’t interrupted by this chant.

“Our fans should have behaved during the one minute (of) silence”. Translation: “Martyrs, they do not die (they are immortal), homeland (land, our land) is indivisible”, Özsarı said. “There is no disrespect to them, there has not been, there will not be”.

At a Monday news conference in Turkey, President Barack Obama rebutted the idea that American security demanded an embargo on Syrian refugee resettlement.

Meanwhile, the United Nations on Tuesday called on states not to “backtrack” on pledges made to host migrants and refugees, including from Syria, in the wake of the attacks in Paris.