{"id":491638,"date":"2026-04-07T08:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491638"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:03:22","slug":"ahmet-kandemir-vs-dusan-alimpijevic-controversy-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/ahmet-kandemir-vs-dusan-alimpijevic-controversy-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmet Kandemir vs. Dusan Alimpijevic: Controversy in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Controversy has erupted in Turkey following Besiktas\u2019 92-86 victory over Karsiyaka. Speaking out is the visiting team\u2019s coach, Ahmet Kandemir, who is visibly upset with Dusan Alimpijevic, the head coach of both Besiktas and the Serbian national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a colleague of ours, but Besiktas is the club of Hakki Yeten (former club president), Suleyman Seba, and Vedat Okyar (former players). The latter used to say, \u2018I can\u2019t lie to the referee while wearing the Besiktas jersey.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And here comes the punchline: \u201cI think the problem is that they\u2019re simply putting pressure on the referees, provoking the crowd, and getting fouls called against others. I think those currently running Be\u015fikta\u015f Club need to pay attention, out of respect for S\u00fcleyman Seba, Hakk\u0131 Yeten, and Vedat Okyar.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">Kar\u015f\u0131yaka Ba\u015fantren\u00f6r\u00fc Ahmet Kandemir, Be\u015fikta\u015f GA\u0130N ma\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan beIN Sports&#8217;ta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GokceAlkan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GokceAlkan<\/a>&#8216;a a\u00e7\u0131klamalarda bulunurken, hedefinde Dusan Alimpijevic vard\u0131.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u00d6zellikle Dusan Alimpijevic i\u00e7in \u015funu s\u00f6ylemek istiyorum; yani meslekta\u015f\u0131m\u0131z ama buras\u0131 Hakk\u0131 Yeten&#8217;lerin, S\u00fcleyman\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPZOHf6ey8\">pic.twitter.com\/rPZOHf6ey8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ferhat Ye\u015filta\u015f (@NeoRock06) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeoRock06\/status\/2041241570431623364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controversy has erupted in Turkey following Besiktas\u2019 92-86 victory over Karsiyaka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":491637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[315],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-491638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bsl","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Polemica-Alimpijevic.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491638"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=491638"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=491638"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=491638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}