After the devastating earthquake, the Turkish League was suspended indefinitely, with 40 wrestlers stranded under rubble.

Kasav Oglu, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Turkey, announced the suspension of sports activities and the Turkish Football League indefinitely after the earthquake.

And the government announced the activation of the alert level to the fourth, which means a request for international assistance and the intervention of the Turkish army to help medical teams in the affected areas.

“Due to the earthquake that hit the country, it was announced that all matches to be played, as well as matches to be played in the Premier League, will be rescheduled,” the Turkish sports minister said in a statement.

He continued in his statement: “All national sports organizations to be held in our country have been suspended until a second statement is issued and all our relevant units are on alert under the coordination of the Office of Disaster Management. and emergencies.”

Turkish Olympic wrestler Taha Acu wrote that between 30 and 40 wrestlers were under the rubble, and asked to be urgently sent to the wrestling club where the accident occurred to help these athletes.

Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor said that contact with their goalkeeper Ahmed Ayub Turk Aslan was lost after the collapse of the building in which he lived, and that his search continues.

The Syrian Football Association has also decided to postpone all of its events in all classes and categories due to the terrible conditions that some Syrian cities have been subjected to as a result of the earthquake that hit the region at dawn on Monday.

Source: “Wakalat”