Fans shout slogans outside court at start of match-fixing case

(14 Feb 2012) 1. Various of fans of Fenerbahce football club outside court where match-fixing trial has begun, some holding flares burning team's colours, AUDIO: fans chanting name of club president Aziz Yildirim 2. Various of fans jumping up and down and chanting team song 3. Rear shot of fans shouting in support of Yildirim 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Oya Turan, Fenerbahce fan: "I left my lover and came here to take Aziz Yildirim home." 5. Mid of fans holding sign with picture of Yildirim on it and slogan reading (Turkish) "Civilian Marshall" 6. Close-up of Yildirim's face on sign 7. Wide of fans waiting outside court 8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Can Yilmazcetin, Fenerbahce fan: "We are here together to prove that we are with Aziz Yildirim, that we are right." 9. Mid of fans shouting in support of Yildirim, holding signs 10. Rear wide of fans shouting (Turkish) "Believe children!" 11. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Name not given, Fenerbahce fan: "We did not do any fixing, neither did Aziz Yildirim. If we did, then the law will do what needs to be done. We burn with passion for Fenerbahce." 12. Wide of entrance to court 13. Close-up of Ministry of Justice emblem 14. Various of armed police outside court 15. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ugur Vardan, Sports journalist: "Fixing and bribing had always been present, but in Turkey it was not brought to legal procedures. For the first time, legal procedures started with this one prosecution, but we are still confused, we do not know for sure if it (fixing) was done or not. Today was the first step of the legal process that was started on 3 July (2011)." 16. Mid of fans shouting (Turkish) "Fenerbahce! Long live!" 17. Close-up of fans shouting Yildirim's name 18. Wide of fans holding sign reading (Turkish) "We are cleaner than those who say that they are clean." 19. Close-up of fan wearing paper mask of Yildirim 20. Besiktas lawyer Ali Riza Dizdar approaching court 21. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ali Riza Dizdar, Lawyer representing Besiktas football club: "I have been present at human rights trials and I need to find a name for this trial. And I have found a name for this one: Trial Gone Astray." 22. High wide of line of armed police outside court 23. Various of two fans staring through wire fence at courthouse STORYLINE: Thousands of soccer fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish courthouse Tuesday in support of 93 suspects, including the jailed president of the country's top soccer team, who went on trial in a massive match-fixing scandal. Aziz Yildirim, president of the celebrated Fenerbahce soccer team, and other suspects have been charged in the scandal allegedly involving 19 league matches last season. Fenerbahce fans sang team songs and shouted Yildirim's name outside the courthouse in Silivri, a town near Istanbul. "I left my lover and came here to take Aziz Yildirim home," said one female fan. "We burn with passion for Fenerbahce," said another. Yildirim, who has denied any wrongdoing, is accused of match-fixing and establishing a crime ring according to the indictment, which includes records of wiretapped conversations between the suspects who allegedly exchanged encoded messages. He faces a maximum of 72 years in prison if found guilty. League champion Fenerbahce was barred from the lucrative Champions League because of its involvement in the match-fixing scandal and it could be stripped of its domestic title and face relegation. A lawyer for Besiktas football club, criticised the case, telling the Associated Press on Tuesday that it was a trial that had "gone astray." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...