The wide-ranging crackdown in the wake of Turkeyās failed military coup has taken on a new and surprising targetāfootball referees.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced on Tuesday that it had fired 94 officials, including referees, in the wake of the attempted takeover by a faction within Turkeyās military. The TFF said that those dismissed included āregional and nationally ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members and national and regional observers,ā in a statement reported by AFP.
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