WATCH | Turkish football plunges into crisis after referee attack: 'My brain went crazy!'

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/1Q0LOo9A8j

Koca 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