Monday 27/October/2025 – 05:39 PM
issued Turkish club Besiktas An official statement follows the statements of the President of the Turkish Football Federation, Ibrahim Haci Osmanoglu, who confirmed in his press conference today that the referees responsible for ensuring the integrity of the matches have betting accounts and actively use them.
Besiktas demands the Turkish Federation to reveal the names of the referees involved in betting after the federation’s president’s statements
In an official statement, the club said: We believe that the work being done by the Turkish Football Federation, headed by Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu, is priceless and represents an outstanding achievement in the process of fair football.
He added: We call on the federation to transparently disclose to the public the names of the referees who have betting accounts and actively use them, the matches they bet on, and the types of bets they placed.
The statement continued: As Besiktas Club, we respectfully inform the public that we will pursue this matter with the utmost effort, and we will strive to obtain all our rights retroactively.
Statements of the President of the Turkish Football Federation
In a press conference today, Turkish Football Federation President Ibrahim Haci Osmanoglu revealed that 371 out of 571 referees working in Turkish professional leagues have betting accounts and that 152 of them actively participate in betting.
