280-day suspension for locking a referee in his dressing
room.
Ibrahim Ethem Haciosmanoglu was disappointed Cagatay
Sahan failed to give his side a penalty in last week’s 2-2
draw with Gaziantepspor — so he locked the official and his
assistants in at the club’s stadium.
However, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
intervened and had Sahan and his team let out.
Haciosmanoglu told the Dogan news agency at the time: "I
told security not to let the referees leave until the morning,
until I arrived at the stadium.
"But a very important person called me and asked me not to
cause embarrassment in Turkey and around the world."
However, he has since backtracked on his original
comments, claiming he locked them in for their own safety.
If released, Haciosmanoglu claimed, the official would have
been in danger from the crowd in Trabzon, who were also
angered by Sahan's decision not to award a spot kick.
However, the Turkish Football Federation did not agree with
Haciosmanoglu's reasoning and have hit him with a 280-day
suspension from all official duties and functions and
fined ₺150,116 (£3,250).
Nine of the club’s directors have also been fined and
suspended for varying amounts of time and Trabzonspor
will have to play two matches behind closed doors.
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