Turkey Match Fixing trial starts with first hearing tomorrow at Silivri high criminal court.

Istanbul / NationalTurk – Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim and 92 other soccer club officials, coaches, managers and players are scheduled to go on trial on February 14 on match-fixing related charges that involve eight teams, including Europa League participants Besiktas and Trabzonspor and the club in the epicentre of it all Fenerbahce.

The match fixing scandal has rocked Turkey since it has emerged on July 3rd and is believed to have affected 19 matches, including last season’s Fenerbahce 4-3 victory over Sivasspor which saw the club clinch the league championship on the final day of schedule. The Champions League has since barred Fenerbahce from participating in its competition because of the match-fixing scandal and Fenerbahce president Aziz Yıldırım is the # 1 suspect in the match fixing, manipulation of match results and forging an orginized crime gang.

The much anticipated trial of Turkey’s biggest match fixing scandal starts tomorrow at Silivri high criminal court complex, where all suspects today have been transferred to.

Hasty preperations are reported to have been taking place in front of the complex, as thousand Fenerbahce fans will go to Silivri to support their imprisoned predsident, who will be trialed as the mastermind of match fixing and other crimes related to the case.

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