A scandal broke out during the Armenia-Turkey football match in Bursa between Turkey and Azerbaijan. Bursa Governor Sahabettin Harput made a decision that no Azerbaijani flags should be waved in Araturk stadium, Bursa. Even the T-shirts with Azerbaijani flag was banned, at that the Turk police officers were throwing detected Azeri flags into garbage.

Commenting on this decision, the Governor stated that it was made by FIFA. Nevertheless, there were over 200 Azeri flags in the stadium.

All the more, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan also spoke of the matter, outlining that the decision was made by FIFA.