The Turkish Football Federation has suspended top division league and cup matches for a week after a gunman shot at the Fenerbahçe team bus on Saturday night.
It followed a meeting with the country’s sports minister. The bus was shot at as the Istanbul team were returning from an away match against Çaykur Rizespor.
The attack happened as the coach was heading for Trabzon airport in northeastern Turkey for a flight home. The bus driver, Ufuk Kıran, was wounded and taken to hospital where he is said to be recovering quickly.
“We suspended the league because we believe that the incident was a terrorist attack. We also considered the psychology of the players,” Federation chairman Yildirim Demiroren told a news conference in Istanbul.
Approving the suspension, the President of the Turkish Union of Clubs, Gok Sel Gumusdag said: “None of us wants to go to a stadium to watch a game and the players are not willing to appear on the pitch, and and member clubs agreed to extend their sup
