KTFF Başkanı Hasan Sertoğlu tarafından 25 Kasım 2011 tarihinde UEFA Başkanı Michél Platini'ye iletilen dilekçe yazısına UEFA yetkililerinden cevap geldi.

23 Kasım 2011 tarihinde UEFA Şampiyonlar Ligi G Grubu 5. Maçında Rusya’nın St. Petersburg şehrinde Zenith FC takımıyla karşılaşan Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi takımlarından Apoel FC’nin taraftarlarının açmış olduğu pankartlar ve Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti bayrağını yakmalarıyla ilgili 25 Kasım 2011 tarihinde UEFA Başkanı Sayın Michél Platini’ye yapılan yazılı şikayet dilekçesi ve UEFA yetkilileri tarafından bu dilekçemize istinaden verilen cevap yazısı aşağıdaki gibidir.   

UEFA'dan gelen 08.12.2011 tarihli yazı;

To: Turkish Cypriot Football Federation
Attn: Mr. Hasan Sertoglu, President
From: Disciplinary Services
cc: UEFA President

Re: Your letter of 25 November 2011

Dear Sir,

We thank you for your letter addressed to our president, Michél Platini, which we have read with particular attention.

As UEFA president and a member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Platini cannot deal with this case himself because of the principle of the separation of powers, but the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, which will decide on the appropriate disciplinary action to take, is happy to respond.

Please be advised that disciplinary proceedings have been opened and the Control and Disciplinary Body will deal with this case at its forthcoming meeting.

You will find the outcome of the proceedings published on the UEFA website in due course.

We trust that these esplanations clarify the matter for you.

Yours sincerely,

Véron Mosengo-Omba
Legal Counsel
Disciplinary Services

UEFA


KTFF'den gönderilen 25.11.2011 tarihli yazı:

                                                                                     25th November, 2011
Dear Mr. President;

As President of the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation I am writing to formally express our extreme concern at the behaviour exhibited by the supporters during the Champions League Match of APOEL against Zenit held in St Petersburg on 24 November in which the supporters displayed a banner stating that ‘Cyprus is Greek and will remain so’ and proceeded to publicly burn the national flag of North Cyprus.  Such incidents as this serve only to foment racial tension and ethnic animosity.

At a time when FIFA has reiterated its stance against racism in football, the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation request that according to FIFA statutes and regulations of Article 3, for these supporters be condemned in the strongest possible manner, the Club be punished accordingly and that FIFA and UEFA reappraise their stance regarding their lack of recognition of the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation.

In so doing this would actively demonstrate to the world at large that ethnic and religious hatred and divisions have no part in the game of football.  The Cyprus problem is fuelled by the antagonism of some factions in South Cyprus to the ethnically and religiously separate community represented by the Turkish Cypriots.  To support this divide is to be ruled by unacceptable prejudice.

I hope you will give attention to this matter, so that we will not be offended anymore because of Football.

Yours sincerely,

Hasan SERTOGLU
President