Child Abuse Protested by Beşiktaş and Amedspor

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Child abuse was protested in the football matches played by Beşiktaş and Ankaragücü in Super League and by Amedspor and Kastamonu 1966 in 2nd League of Turkish Football Federation (TFF) at the weekend.

During the match between Beşiktaş and Ankaragücü, the fans fell into silence in the first minute of the match and did not cheer.

In seeing this, the players also did not touch the ball in the field, supporting the protests of their fans.

Both fans of Beşiktaş and Ankaragücü participated in this protest and they started cheering for their team as of the second minute of the match.

In the match between Amedspor and Kastamonu 1966 in Diyarbakır Stadium, Amedpor entered the field carrying the banner "Children keep silent, but you shoudn't!" The fans of Amedspor also supported their team, chanting the slogan "Don't let children die, let them come to matches."

After the referee blew the first whistle of the match, the fans of Amedspor fell into a minute of silence to protest child abuse.

Beşiktaş and Kastamonu 1966 won

While the Beşiktaş-Ankaragücü match in İstanbul was won by Beşiktaş by 4-1, the match in Diyarbakır was won by Kastamonu 1966 by 5-0. (EKN/SD)