WOW! :unsure: Its one of the toughest sanctions i've ever heard of(although I was expecting hard measures after those shameful events).Lets see what the final penalty after the appeal (if Turkey decides to appeal) will look like.......

Turkey to play next six official home matches behind closed doors on neutral ground – Sanctions imposed on various individuals

Zurich, 7 February 2006 - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee met at FIFA headquarters in Zurich on Monday, 6 February and Tuesday, 7 February 2006 to discuss the incidents that occurred in connection with the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ preliminary competition match between Turkey and Switzerland in Istanbul on 16 November 2005.

Under the chairmanship of deputy chairman Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain), the committee, sitting as the body of first instance, passed the following decisions:

In the main proceedings against the Turkish Football Federation:

- the Turkish Football Federation is ordered to play its next six official home matches behind closed doors in a neutral venue in another country affiliated to UEFA with a minimum distance of 500km to the Turkish border. The Turkish Football Federation is ordered to pay all organisational costs with regard to these six matches.
- a fine in the amount of CHF 200,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 20,000).

In the individual proceedings against:

a) Alpay Ozalan (Turkey, player)
- a suspension of six official matches of his representative team. This suspension is carried over to the representative team's next official matches.
- a fine of CHF 15,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 1,000)

B) Emre Belozoglu (Turkey, player)
- a suspension of six official matches of his representative team. This suspension is carried over to the representative team's next official matches.
- a fine of CHF 15,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 1,000)

c) Serkan Balci (Turkey, player)
- a suspension of two official matches of his representative team. This suspension is carried over to the representative team's next official matches.
- a fine of CHF 5,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 500)

d) Mehmet Ozdilek (Turkey, assistant coach)
- a ban from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other activity), within associations, confederations or FIFA for 12 months as from notification of this decision.
- a fine of CHF 15,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 1,000)

e) Benjamin Huggel (Switzerland, player)
- a suspension of six official matches of his representative team. This suspension is carried over to the representative team's next official matches.
- a fine of CHF 15,000 (+ procedural costs of CHF 500)

f) Stephan Meyer (Switzerland, physiotherapist)
- a suspension of two official matches of his representative team. This suspension is carried over to the representative team's next official matches.
- a fine of CHF 6,500 (+ procedural costs of CHF 500)

The decisions will now be sent to the relevant parties and will be followed up with a detailed, reasoned explanation within the next thirty days.

With the exception of the decisions against Serkan Balci and Stephan Meyer, all other first-instance decisions passed by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may be taken to the FIFA Appeal Committee before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne may be called upon to act as the body of final instance in accordance with the FIFA Statutes.

http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,...rticleid=114431

If Turkish've got the right for an appeal,then things may change,then the penalty'll be reduced,so guys let us don't rush for a conclusion.I also believe FIFA made a step beyond the line of punishment.

It is clear, Turkey will qualify. I dont interest in other things.

Excuse me, how can you be so sure about it? Did Blatter personally call you??? :D

Excuse me too,

We dont need other names. Confidence,trust,belief,farsighted view is enough for us. I believe in my team in pitch anywhere in the world with audiences or not.


My team is capable of achieving it if they look at it serious.


-Hamit Altintop (Schalke)
-Halil Antintop (Kaiserslautern)
-Tugay Kerimoglu (Blackburn Rovers) (I hope we will call him)
-Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad)
-Yildiray Basturk (Hertha Berlin)
-Nuri Sahin (Borusia Dortmund)
-Aydin,Hakan Sukur,Necati,Umit Karan (Galatasaray)
-Fatih Tekke,Gokdeniz Karadeniz,Huseyin Cimsir (Trabzonspor)
-Tumer,İbrahim Akin (Besiktas)
-Tuncay Sahin,Serkan Balci,Rustu Recber,Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce)
....

list is long.

Too much arrogance and belief in yourselves' abilities may have opposite results... Anyway, I share your confidence and wish you all the best... We'll be around here to discuss if you were right or not, time will tell...

What arrogance? Arrogance is not in my wallet. It has a different meaning than I mention here.Confidence...not arrogance.

Fifa just wanted to remind us all that the games are won inside the football camp.If Turkey is worth to pass to the finals is to be seen.Oh and that goes for Greece too..... :D

Sure mate...

I hope Turkey and Greece will qualify. Are any norwegian guy here? :D

Short Translation: Turkeys appeal was rejected and the 6 game penalty will remain.The Turkish Federation has the right to appeal again in CAS(International Sports court)but it is estimated that the new appeal wont have much luck.