Beşiktaş Joins Fenerbahçe in Criticizing beIN Sports Over Okan Buruk Coverage

The Trabzonspor-Galatasaray match in the 6th week of the Süper Lig continues to dominate headlines even after the final whistle. Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk was sent off with a red card during the match, and his subsequent remarks on the incident were broadcast live by beIN Sports while the game was still underway. The broadcast sparked significant controversy and first drew a reaction from Fenerbahçe.

Following Fenerbahçe's criticism, Beşiktaş has now released its own official statement on the matter. The club argued that airing the comments of a coach who had just been sent off, almost as if defending him, while the match was still being played, clearly violated beIN Sports' principle of impartiality. Beşiktaş stated that this approach undermined broadcasting ethics and the integrity of sporting competition.

The statement also accused the broadcaster of adopting a selective and manipulative approach in how it displayed match incidents and VAR decisions on screen. Beşiktaş emphasized that its stance is not limited to social media posts, revealing that the club had filed an official criminal complaint against the broadcaster with the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office the previous week. The club described this as a historic and concrete legal step taken on behalf of Turkish sport.

Beşiktaş management argued that recent developments, along with similar complaints raised by other clubs, prove how justified and timely their legal action was. The statement concluded by calling on all clubs and members of the Turkish sporting public who sincerely seek fairness and impartial broadcasting to move beyond mere wishes and support the legal battle the club has initiated. The controversy following the Trabzonspor-Galatasaray derby has thus taken on a new dimension with the joint reaction from two major clubs.