Furkan Korkmaz was attacked by several Georgia players in a hallway incident following his ejection from a EuroBasket game, according to Turkish basketball officials.
“While Furkan Korkmaz was walking in the hallway to the locker rooms with our trainer, Georgia’s players who were not in the active roster attacked him together with the ejected player and the police. There should not be an attack on the player that goes to the locker room.
“At the end of the match, 30 policemen each pushed us into a fight. We got into a fight with Georgia’s official police. I am calling out to FIBA and I have also told FIBA’s officials. Let no one deceive themselves or think that we are stupid. They will bring us all the camera footage from that corridor minute by minute without anything missing. If those cameras do not come to us, we will leave this tournament,” said Turkish basketball federation vice-president Omer Onan.
Korkmaz was initially ejected for a confrontation with Georgia’s Duda Sanadze in the fourth quarter.
Korkmaz was not injured in the ensuing hallway incident.
Georgia beat Turkey 88-83 in the game.
