Police use tear gas to disperse Be?ikta? fans

Police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse Be?ikta? fans gathering to attend the first match at the club's long-awaited new stadium, Vodafone Arena. 

The fans waiting to see the game between Be?ikta? and Bursaspor, as well as the players working out inside the stadium were also affected by the gas, Hürriyet reported on April 11. 

Bursaspor coach Hamza Hamzao?lu sent his players to the locker room due to gas exposure. 

Footage from the scene showed people lying on the ground and running away from the gas and water cannon. 

The reason for the police intervention is yet unknown. 

The Be?ikta? football club's most famous support group, çAr??, is known for its left-leaning ideology and emphatic dissident stance on a panoply of topics, as well as their sensitivity to social movements. 

They played an important role in spreading the Gezi protests, as they were among the first groups to continue demonstrating despite a brutal police crackdown on protesters following the first raids on Gezi Park in May 2013. 

Many çAr?? members were detained during the protests, as the group became a target of officials.
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