Turkey's top Kurdish football club resists hatred

While Amedspor is the most popular team among Turkey's Kurds, who make up about a fifth of the country's 85 million people, it is the most hated by the rest of the population. "They are not a team, they are terrorists," said Efe Kaan Ozkaya, a Sakaryaspor fan, standing with friends outside the Istanbul stadium hosting a second-division football match between his club and Amedspor. Police officers and armoured vehicles flooded the Istanbul neighbourhood welcoming the southeast Turkish club. As the national anthem played...