Turkey league suspended after attack

Source:bbc.co.uk
Turkey's SuperLig and domestic cup matches have
been suspended for one week after the Fenerbahce
team bus was shot at by a gunman on Saturday.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced
the decision after a meeting with the sports minister
on Monday.
"We believe the incident was a terrorist attack,
targeting not only Fenerbahce but Turkish sports,"
said TFF chairman Yildirim Demiroren.
"We decided to postpone all league and cup games
for a week."
Fenerbahce players and staff
assess the damage
Champions Fenerbahce were travelling to Trabzon
airport, following their 5-1 victory over Rizespor,
when the shooting happened.
The driver was taken to hospital but no players
were injured in the attack.
In a statement on the TFF website, sports
minister Akif Cagatay Kilic said the bus driver,
named as Ufuk Kiran, was "recovering quickly".
Fenerbahce had called for the league to be
suspended saying: "We think it's unavoidable to
suspend the league until this dark attack is
enlightened."
History of trouble
August 2011: Fenerbahce withdrawn from the
2011-12 Champions League by the TFF while
they were being investigated for match-fixing.
September 2011: TFF ban men from attending
Fenerbahce matches after violence during a
friendly.
May 2012: Hundreds of Fenerbahce fans riot
after a derby match against Galatasaray.
May 2013: Fenerbahce fan reportedly stabbed to
death after Istanbul derby.
June 2013: Fenerbache banned for two years
from competing in Europe by Uefa for their
involvement in domestic match-fixing.
March 2014: Match against Trabzonspor
abandoned in the first half after crowd trouble.
Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike said he and
his team-mates had been left stunned by what
happened.
"The word 'shot' came as a big shock," the Nigeria
international told BBC Sport. "But when we saw
blood and the shattered driver's side window, it
quickly turned into a scary moment for everyone on
the bus."
Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor are banned from
taking away fans when they play each other and a
game between the sides last season at the Avni
Aker Stadium in Trabzon was abandoned after
objects were thrown on to the pitch.
Fenerbahce, who have former Premier League
players Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles and Emre
Belozoglu in their side, are the defending champions
of the SuperLig and have won the major domestic
competition 19 times.
They are two points behind Galatasaray in second
place with eight games left this season and were
due to play fourth-placed Bursapor on 13 April.
Their Turkish Cup quarter-final against Mersin
İdman Yurdu on Tuesday had already been
postponed following the attack.