Turkish football fans have been asked to be on their best behaviour and show traditional national hospitality during a football World Cup qualifiying match in Bursa, Turkey Wednesday 14 October against long-time rivals Armenia.The match comes less than a week after the two countries restored full diplomatic relations in a ceremony in Zurich, after a century of troubled relations.

Ticket sales are tightly controlled, and the rowdiest group of fans received a personal appeal from the Turkish president, Abdullah Gul. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan will attend the match. His Turkish counterpart attended a match Yerewan Armenialast year, in Yerewan, Armenia, opening up what has been called “football diplomacy”. Reuters, Washington Post

Posted by :: Sean Ecker on 14 October 2009 at 7:47 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 14 October 2009.

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  1. GenevaLunch » Blog Archive » International sports, football: Swiss team head for South Africa! Says:
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:21 am

    [...] Germany, Spain, England, Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. And Turkey beat Armenia 2-0 in a match that followed the signing of agreements designed to normalize diplomatic and business relations between the two [...]

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