Turkey's football plunged into all-out crisis on Tuesday following an on-the-pitch attack on a referee by a club president who was mentioned as a possible candidate for mayor of Ankara.The top-flight SuperLig indefinitely suspended matches and a court placed Ankaragucu club president Faruk Koca and two others in pre-trial detention for "injuring and threatening a public official".Images of Monday night's incident showed Koca rushing onto the pitch with a group of men and throwing a punch at referee Halil Umut Meler after he had blown the final whistle.Turkish FA have suspended all football leagues indefinitely after Ankaragucu president punched referee after his team conceded a late minute equaliser against Rizespor.
The ref also received a few kicks to the head whilst on the ground.#RadullKE pic.twitter.com/1Q0LOo9A8jKoca appeared to be incensed at Meler for awarding a stoppage-time penalty kick that allowed visiting Caykur Rizespor to leave the capital with a 1-1 draw.Meler fell to the ground and then appeared to have been kicked several times in the ensuing melee.The 37-year-old match official was shown standing minutes later with a black eye that had swelled up the left part of his face."My brain went crazy," Koca told Beyaz TV immediately after the match."My eyesight blacked out!
I don't remember what I did!"The incident pushed all other events off the front pages of the main newspapers in a nation where football passions run deep - and are often politically linked.The Turkish Football Federation immediately condemned "this vile attack"."Today, this inhumane and despicable attack was made against all stakeholders of Turkish football," it said in a statement."The responsible club, the club president, its managers and