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Besiktas-Tel Aviv match reflects Turkish-Israeli reality

Besiktas-Tel Aviv match reflects Turkish-Israeli reality

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Sep 16, 2011
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Pro-Palestinian Turks at Inonu Stadium (Source: AP Photo)

By James M. Dorsey

Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium this week painted the sorry state of Turkish-Israeli relations as it hosted a politically laden Europa League soccer match between the city's Besiktas JK and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

A battalion of riot police deployed in the. 32,0000-seat stadium to prote…

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