JOURNAL ARTICLE

Turkish Football Teams Refuse to Take the Field in Saudi Arabia Over T-Shirt Controversy.

  • Published In: Bloomberg.com, 2023. P. N.PAG 1 of 3

  • Database: Business Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Yilmaz, Ugur; Ozbek, Inci 3 of 3

Abstract

Turkish football clubs Fenerbahce and Galatasaray canceled a match in Riyadh after Saudi Arabia intervened to prevent players from wearing T-shirts with the image of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Ataturk established Turkey as a secular republic in 1923 and abolished the Islamic caliphate. The Turkish teams refused to play in response to the Saudi ban on the T-shirts. This incident has the potential to strain relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia, which have already been tense since the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The game was officially canceled, and there has been no response from Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communications. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Bloomberg.com. 2023/12, pN.PAG
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • Accession Number:174533582
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