Dursun Özbek's Statement on the MHK Investigation and the Chaos Days Before the Start of the Leagues

5 of the 7 suspects, including the President of the Central Referee Board (MHK), Ferhat Gündoğdu, who were detained in the operation carried out within the scope of the investigation known as the "referees file" in Istanbul, were arrested.

Galatasaray Club President Dursun Özbek made a statement regarding the "referees file" investigation. While Özbek said, "The leagues will start in a week, there is no such thing as MHK," he said, "Will the leagues be postponed?" He also answered the question.

Dursun Özbek used the following statements in his statements:

"The fixtures are always the same. There are difficult periods, there are easy periods. Especially this year, there are no easy matches in the league. Everyone is very ambitious, everyone wants to be champion. This year is a challenging year. This year's league is of great importance for Galatasaray, we want to get our 5th championship in a row. Our goals are big in Europe. We want to exceed our success there, too, last year."

'IF ACTION WERE TAKEN IN TIME, WE WOULD NOT WAKE UP TO CHAOS'

"As Galatasaray Sports Club, we have always expressed our opinion. We have called on the federation to change. It should not be this way. If timely action had been taken and this change had been made in time, we would not have woken up to a chaos that we do not need today.

'LEAGUES WILL START A WEEK LATER, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MHK'

"That's why the leagues will start in a week, there is no such thing as MHK. The president was arrested, the referee was arrested. Now, we, as a club, have seen this situation long ago and said it. Nobody cared. Now there is silence in the federation.

'THIS SILENCE MAKES THE CHAOS BIGGER'

"The leagues will start in a week. They need to say what will be done... Will they stay or continue? What will they do? This silence makes the chaos even bigger. Events are getting more and more heated. The statements given to the prosecutor's office have been revealed, everyone sees what is going on. While all this has happened and is real, how the management will be shaped in these leagues in the next period, it needs to be revealed as soon as possible."