Playing in Group B of the Basketball Champions League, Pınar Karşıyaka defeated Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 86-84 in the last second basket in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, yesterday evening. After the match, there was a big scandal. The convoy of the Izmir team was kept waiting at the Israel Airport for hours, and then our representative was allowed to fly to Turkey at 05.00 on the grounds that the airport was closed at 02:00!
Playing in Group B of the Basketball Champions League, Pınar Karşıyaka faced Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem yesterday evening in the capital of Israel, Jerusalem. Our representative, who won the match 84-86 with Bonzie Colson’s three-pointer at the last second, faced inappropriate treatment at the airport in Israel on the way back.
He was scheduled to return at 01:30.
The Izmir representative, who went to Israel by private plane, was to return to Izmir by private plane at 01.30 on the night of 6 October. However, when Israeli security guards waited for more than 1 hour to search their bags one by one, the plane that would take Pınar Karşıyaka missed its scheduled flight time.
They returned at 07.30
After it was stated that the airport closed at 02:00, the flight was allowed at 05:00. During this time, the team got off the plane and returned to the terminal, and could only return to Turkey at around 07:30 in the morning after the flight took off at 05.00.
This attitude of the Israeli security guards for no reason drew a great reaction.
