Besiktas-Tel Aviv match reflects Turkish-Israeli reality
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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