Galatasaray Club published a statement regarding the events that took place after the derby match.
The following statements were used in the statement made by the yellow-red club:
"The statement made by the rival club after the derby match played last night is almost the embodiment of the saying "Yavuz thief suppressed the home owner." We follow with caution the attempts to compensate for the result that could not be achieved on the field for years with unrealistic claims and perception games, and to impose disciplinary punishment on our football players.
The attitude of the opposing team from the moment they entered the stadium, their provocative moves in the middle of the field before the starting whistle had blown, and their continued provocations throughout the match, were witnessed before everyone's eyes.
Moreover, in the 10th minute of the match, while our opponent should have been down to ten men, it is an unacceptable injustice that the football player named Kerem Aktürkoğlu started to tense the atmosphere as soon as he stepped on the field and received only a yellow card despite taking the leading role in the attack at the end of the match.
Archie Brown's physical attack on our team captain Abdülkerim Bardakcı, going beyond the unsportsmanlike, harsh and unacceptable interventions he displayed throughout the match, is an extremely grave incident that has no place on football fields and tramples all the values of sports. This ugly attack, which took place in front of the eyes of the entire sports public, cannot be excused in any way.
The aggressive attitude of the person named Mert Hakan Yandaş towards the police forces trying to ensure order and security further increased the gravity of what happened.
They can only deceive their own supporters with the allegations made by ignoring all these facts. No one should expect the Galatasaray community and the Turkish sports public to respect these perception games.
We especially congratulate our technical staff and football players who displayed the dignified and cool-headed stance that befits Galatasaray, despite all the provocations they faced last night.
This is our call to the great Galatasaray fans:
We must all maintain the same common sense, determination and dignified stance against any provocation we encounter on and off the field.
No provocation will distract us from our goals. We will continue to win on the field and maintain our stance befitting the greatness of Galatasaray off the field.
The noise passes, the facts remain.
And in the end, the good guys win again."
FENERBAHÇE'S DERBY STATEMENT
Fenerbahçe's statement included the following statements:
"We strongly condemn the verbal and physical attacks against our football players in the derby match played last night.
The events that started with the verbal attack against Kerem Aktürkoğlu, escalated with the attack of Serhat Doğan from the Galatasaray analysis team on Matteo Guendouzi, and continued with Abdülkerim Bardakçı pulling our football player's hair are unacceptable.
The competition and tension of the derby does not give anyone the right to attack our football players. What happened cannot be dismissed as "derby tension". This attitude of the opposing team members fueled the events rather than reducing the tension.
While our club acts responsibly at a time when Turkish football needs tranquility, these behaviors that do not suit the hospitality of a winning team should not go unpunished.
The actions of everyone involved in the incidents must be fully examined, and the necessary disciplinary sanctions must be applied to those responsible without any discrimination.
"The way to prevent violence in Turkish football is not to leave those responsible unpunished."
