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Thursday, December 3, 1998 Published at 01:25 GMT World: Europe Turkey-Italy match ends in draw ![]() Security at the match was tight
Turkey had put 20,000 police and troops on duty for the game, because of fears of violence stemming from Italy's refusal to hand over to Turkey the Kurdish separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan. Correspondent Chris Morris says there was a deafening chorus of boos and whistles as Juventus first took to the field. There were no Italian fans in evidence.
The match was postponed last week because of security fears. Italian Culture Minister, Giovanna Melandri, and the Foreign Trade Minister, Piero Fassino, accepted an invitation from the Turkish Sports Minister, Yuchel Seckiner to attend the match. Anti-Italian sentiment Italy's decision not to extradite Mr Ocalan, who was arrested in Rome last month, provoked an anti-Italian backlash in Turkey. Turkey holds Mr Ocalan responsible for thousands of deaths in 14 years of conflict between the rebel PKK organisation and government security forces. |
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