Five players sent off, karate kick and police needed to break up brawl in Turkey

The match between Bursaspor and Diyarbekirspor saw five players sent off as punches and kicks were thrown after a 2-0 win for the away side.

Bursaspor were in the Europa League as recently as 2014, and in the 2010/11 season they even played in Manchester United's Champions League group.

However, the Bursa-based team have since been relegated, and now sit rock bottom of the second tier, heading towards the third.

So when Diyarbekirspor over-celebrated their second goal in front of the home fans at the crocodile-styled Bursa Timsah Arena, things spiralled out of control.

Players clashed after Bunyamin Yurur's 2-0 goal in the 82nd minute, and then when the full-time whistle blew, the confrontations got violent with one player filmed doing a karate-style kick on an opposition substitute.

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Police in riot gear were forced to intervene, while objects were thrown from the crowd as players faced off.

Bursaspor's Cagatay Yilmaz and Bilal Guney saw red, while Diyarbekirspor had three players dismissed in Serhat Calisan, Cem Celik and the goalscorer Yurur.

The incident is yet another in December that greatly damages the image of Turkish football, beginning with Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca running on the pitch to punch a referee.

The disgraceful moment occurred after a first division match against Caykur Rizespor, and it saw referee Halil Umut Meler hospitalised with a black eye and neck trauma.

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Koca stepped down and has since been banned from football, while Turkish matches were suspended as a result of the December 11 incident.

However, since the Super Lig's resumption, there has been another distressing scene, with Istanbulspor's president calling his team off of the pitch during defeat to Trabzonspor on December 19.

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So high profile was the punch on Meler, that even Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on it.

"I condemn the attack on referee Halil Umut Meler after the MKE Ankaragucu-Caykur Rizespor match played this evening, and I wish him a speedy recovery," said Erdogan.

"Sports means peace and brotherhood. Sports are incompatible with violence. We will never allow violence to take place in Turkish sports."