(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >A senior member ofFenerbahçeSports Club has demanded the expulsion of another member senior member of the club for being a lawmaker of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which the former accuses of “engaging in activities against Turkey’s inseparable unity.”
During the club’s general financial meeting, member Ahmet ükrü said he had given a petition to the general council board, demanding the expulsion of club member and HDP Istanbul deputy Celal Doan for being “an MP for a party that engages in activities against the country’s inseparable unity.”
After receiving the petition,FenerbahçeClub Council head Vefa Küçük said consideration of it was not their job but the job of the board of directors.
Fenerbahçe Deputy Chairman ekip Mosturolu, meanwhile, said they would consider the petition at the board and would also listen to Doan to reach a “democratic solution.”
Apart from hisFenerbahçemembership, Doan is a well-known politician who was elected as the mayor of Gaziantep in three consecutive elections from 1989 to 2004. Before joining the HDP ahead of the June 7, 2015 parliamentary election, he was a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
Doan also served as the president of Gaziantep Sports Club between 1993 and 2006, winning praise for his contribution to the team’s rising profile in the Turkish football leagues and European cups.