土耳其司法部长阿金·居尔莱克表示，土耳其足球裁判机构负责人及另外六人因涉嫌干预裁判程序而被逮捕。
The head of Turkiye’s football refereeing body and six other people have been arrested over accusations of interference in refereeing procedures, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said.
居尔莱克周二在社交媒体上发文称：“关于干预裁判分级、指派、评分和任命流程以及规则考试的指控已得到调查。”裁判机构主席费尔哈特·贡多格杜及其副手均在被捕人员之列。
“Claims regarding interference in the formation of referee classifications, assignments, scoring and appointment processes, as well as rule examinations, have been investigated,” Gurlek wrote in a social media post on Tuesday. Ferhat Gundogdu, the president of the refereeing body, and his deputy were among those arrested.
居尔莱克表示，已对嫌疑人的“住所、工作场所和办公室”进行了搜查。
Gurlek said searches had been carried out at the suspects’ “residences, workplaces and offices”.
他补充道：“我们将坚定不移地继续为干净的足球而战，以澄清那些损害土耳其足球信任的指控，让责任人受到法律追究，并让足球因场上的努力、拼搏和体育精神而被铭记。”
“We will steadfastly continue the fight for clean football so that claims undermining trust in Turkish football are clarified, those responsible are held accountable before the law, and football is remembered for the effort, struggle, and sportsmanship on the field,” Gurlek added.
一年前，土耳其足球协会（TFF）以涉嫌卷入非法博彩丑闻为由暂停了149名裁判的资格。
TFF调查发现，该国571名在职业联赛中执法的裁判中有371人拥有博彩账户，其中152人积极参与下注。
A year ago, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) suspended 149 referees on charges of involvement in an illegal betting scandal The TFF investigation found that 371 out of the country’s 571 referees officiating in the professional leagues had betting accounts and 152 of them actively placed bets.
在该起大规模丑闻中，约29人遭到逮捕，其中包括14名足球运动员，费内巴切国际中场梅尔特·哈坎·扬达斯便是其中之一。
Some 29 people were arrested in the sprawling scandal, including 14 footballers, one of whom was Fenerbahce’s international midfielder Mert Hakan Yandas.
当局还暂停了超过1000名球员的资格，其中包括25名来自第一联赛的球员。然而，居尔莱克并未将去年的博彩丑闻与当前的调查联系起来。
Authorities suspended more than 1,000 players, including 25 from the first division. However, Gurlek did not draw any link between last year’s betting scandal and the current investigation.