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Gay Referee Wins Trial Against Football Association

Gay Referee Wins Trial Against Football Association

Disqualified from refereeing due to being gay, Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ has won the lawsuit for material and non-material damages against the Turkey Football Association.

29 December 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Gay Referee Officiates Game in Alternative League

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Gay Referee Officiates Game in Alternative League

Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, Turkey's first publicly declared gay referee, officiated his first soccer game in Istanbul's alternative soccer league last night.

20 February 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Gay Referee Receives Offer From Alternative Soccer League

Gay Referee Receives Offer From Alternative Soccer League

Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ, a publicly declared gay referee candidate who has been barred from professional soccer leagues in Turkey, received an offer to officiate games in Gazoz League, Turkey's alternative soccer league.

19 February 2013 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Turkish Football Federation and Homosexual Referee Met at Court

Turkish Football Federation and Homosexual Referee Met at Court

Former referee Dinçdağ sued the Turkish Football Federation after he was sacked as a referee when his homosexuality was made public. Dinçdağ claims compensation for monetary and non-pecuniary damages. The next hearing will be on 20 October.

1 June 2011 Ilker Kılıç

Homosexual Referee Sues Turkish Football Federation

Homosexual Referee Sues Turkish Football Federation

Former referee Dinçdağ opened a trial against the Turkish Football Federation because he was kicked out of the referee staff when it turned out that Dinçdağ is homosexual. The federation claimed that "persons exempt from military service cannot be appointed as referees".

24 February 2011