Mustafa Kemal

However, media reports claimed the dispute was centered around players wearing jerseys featuring Turkey’s secularist founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and carrying a banner with his motto, “Peace at home, Peace in the world.”

After the vote, he came under fire for refusing to step down as the leader of the CHP, established by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Kilicdaroglu had come under fire since his election defeat for refusing to step down as the leader of the CHP, established by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Modern Turkey's 100th anniversary comes on Sunday, when newspaper headlines could be dominated by news of the Saturday rally rather than celebrations of the republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, analysts say.

Turkey's ruling party has criticised a reported decision by Walt Disney Co's Disney+ not to broadcast a documentary about modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on its streaming service.