Turkey public opinion locked on one particular issue this week. Will President Abdullah Gül must approve the law adjustment on reducing penalties for match fixing or send it to Constitutional Court, after Turkish Parliaments reapproval?

Ankara / NationalTurk – Turkish Grand Assembly re-approved the amendments to reduce the penalties for match-fixing and match rigging in a heated session and showed its determination. Now Turkish President Abdullah Gül has the ” foot”ball. According to the Turkish Constitution, President Abdullah Gül must approve the pushed law but can still send it to the Constitutional Court. Turkey is waiting, Fenerbahce fans with the most uneasiness perhaps of all.

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Fenerbahce fans show their support for their idolized club’s chairman Aziz Yıldırım, who is in prison and accused for forging organized crime syndicate. Yıldırım is under arrest in the Turkish football’s biggest investigation into match-fixing allegation, along with 92 other football officials, players and coaches.

The law minimizing penalties for match fixers was vetoed by President Abdullah Gül last week, but it was once again approved by Turkish Parliament late Saturday in a heated five-hour session, where some memebers of the parliament lost temper and shattered glasses.

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In Turkey all eyes have now turned to Abdullah Gül, who is expected to re-examine the law and approve it in coming days. The President announced lately that he ” wouldn’t unsettle the parliament”, which reflects his intention on not vetoing the amendment for a second time. According to the Constitution, Gül must approve laws that are sent back after a veto but can still take it to the Constitutional Court for annulment. Sources close to the Turkish presidency stated Abdullah Gül was unlikely to use his right to take the law to the top court.

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The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was the only party to oppose the law, and BDP Deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder stated the party pardoned “all sorts of theft, the robbery of labor and activities that are far from being refined.”

BDP Group Deputy Chairman Hasip Kaplan then took the stage and said AKP Group Deputy Chairman Nurettin Canikli’s name was in the indictment of match-fixing claims. Canikli responded that the indictment did not accuse him and asked Kaplan to clarify his claims, calling him a “terrorist of law.” Kaplan demanded an apology from Canikli for his comments and was interrupted by AKP deputies.

Kaplan took the water glass on the speech podium and smashed it in a fit of anger, then picked up shards of broken glass and hurled them in front of the rostrum. Pieces of broken glass landed near Parliament stenographs as well as AKP deputies, cutting Kaplan’s hand. Önder immediately rushed to Kaplan’s side to calm him down while some AKP deputies came at Kaplan to beat him up. BDP and Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies swiftly broke up the fight.

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