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He suffered a heart attack during the derby and could not be saved: Fan attended his first match with his son

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • Gerçek Yaşar, a 48-year-old Fenerbahçe supporter and former military officer, died after suffering a heart attack during the club’s derby against Beşiktaş.
  • He had attended the match at Chobani Stadium with his 16-year-old son, Gazi Yaşar, for the first time.
  • Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş issued condolence messages, and Yaşar’s funeral was scheduled to take place in his hometown of Mut.

Gerçek Yaşar went to Istanbul’s Chobani Stadium with his 16-year-old son to watch a football match live for the first time. During the second half of the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş derby, the 48-year-old supporter fell ill in the stands and later died.

Yaşar, a Fenerbahçe fan, had served as a gendarmerie noncommissioned officer in Bingöl. He was wounded in a 2003 clash with militants and became a veteran. After working at the Mut Forest Management Directorate in Mersin, he retired.

An ambulance took him to hospital after he became ill. Doctors determined that he had suffered a heart attack, but he could not be saved despite medical efforts. Both Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş published condolence messages after the match.

Yaşar’s body was taken to Mut in his home province of Mersin. His funeral was due to take place there at noon the following day.

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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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