The Turkish selection threatened to leave Euro 2022 on Sunday, accusing Georgian police of assaulting their NBA winger Furkan Korkmaz in the halls of the Tbilisi hall where Turkey lost against Georgia (88-83), said Turkish Basketball Federation Vice President Omer Onan.
“Let them show us the images from all the cameras in this hallway minute by minute, without missing a second. If they don’t, I have spoken to the president (of the Federation) Hidayet (Turkoglu), we will leave this tournament, ”said Omer Onan in a press release published on the Turkish Federation (TBF) website on Sunday.
Philadelphia 76ers winger Furkan Korkmaz was attacked in the halls of the Tbilisi Arena after his exclusion in the middle of the last quarter, after a scuffle on the floor, according to the management of the Turkish team. Korkmaz, somewhat pissed off, found himself struggling with Georgian player Duda Sanadze. The two men, ready to do battle, head to head, were finally separated by their teammates and the referees in an electric atmosphere. “When our player joined the locker room, three players from the Georgian national team and security personnel participated in a fight,” said assistant coach Hakan Demir at a press conference. ” This is unacceptable. »
“The official police of Georgia fought physically with us”, assures the vice-president of the TFB in his press release. “I don’t know anything, I haven’t heard anything about it,” Georgia coach Ilias Zouros told a press conference.
After this surprise defeat against the hosts of group A, Turkey, which had been full until then, must play a new match this Tuesday (3:30 p.m.) against Belgium. The Blues, they qualified without convincing.