AZERI FLAGS BANNING WAS FIFA INITIATIVE

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Oct 21 2009
Armenia

A scandal broke out during the Armenia-Turkey football match in Bursa
between Turkey and Azerbaijan. Bursa Governor Sahabettin Harput made a
decision that no Azerbaijani flags should be waved in Araturk stadium,
Bursa. Even the T-shirts with Azerbaijani flag was banned, at that the
Turk police officers were throwing detected Azeri flags into garbage.

Commenting on this decision, the Governor stated that it was made by
FIFA. Nevertheless, there were over 200 Azeri flags in the stadium.

All the more, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan also spoke of the
matter, outlining that the decision was made by FIFA.