Turkish women’s footballers celebrate win wearing Palestine flag

Fenerbahçe players celebrated the Turkish Women’s Football League title amid remarkable scenes that included raising the Palestinian flag during the coronation ceremony. The moment received widespread interaction across social media.

Both Zeynep Kerimoglu and Ipek Kaya were seen raising the Palestinian flag inside the stadium during the celebrations.

Other clips showed a number of the team’s players celebrating the title with the Palestinian flag after the end of the coronation ceremony. Observers considered this to be a continuation of the frequent presence of Palestinian symbolism inside Turkish stadiums and sports celebrations during recent times.

This comes days after a similar scene during Galatasaray’s celebrations of the Turkish league title, when French player Sacha Boey, 24, stole the show after appearing draped in the Palestinian flag on Friday evening.

Turkish stadiums have witnessed several similar situations in recent months, both from fans and players, in support of Palestine and the Gaza Strip.

Turkish Parliament speaker supports Lamine Yamal

Politician Numan Kurtulmus, who is speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, praised Barcelona right winger Lamine Yamal for his anti-genocide stance. Yamal raised the Palestinian flag during his team’s celebrations of the Spanish League title and faced condemnation from Israeli officials for doing so.

Kurtulmus said Yamal had taken a “humanitarian stance” by supporting Gaza despite the pressure, adding that the player had become “the greatest football player humanity has ever known”.

He also attacked Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, for his criticism of Yamal, while praising the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, for backing the 18-year-old footballer.

Featured image via Instagram/ celebrities4palestine

By Alaa Shamali

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