Istanbul - The 15 February 1998 election which saw Aziz Yıldırım become Fenerbahçe's president was a real turning point in Turkish football. His success in raising the television rights for the league by nearly half a billion dollars was an indicator of how he desired a larger slice of this cake. Now all roads that lead to cup glory and especially financial gain have become integrated into our football league. Buying the loyalty of referees, threatening opponents, gassing opponent locker rooms and invading the field all became common place.All this was occurring before July 3 2011, but because of the smoke covering these acts nothing could be done. Since the government lacked control in the world of organized sports, the trinity of earnings, mafias and league-rigging could work freely. The 6222 page law that passed on April 14 2011 aimed to stop violence in sporting events and also introduced large penalties on matchfixing. Under the pretense set by these new laws, the newly empowered state caught some individuals red-handed. This is why the 3rd of July is very important.On this date it became evident that now match fixing was becoming closely followed and documented. First the Turkish Football Federation determined that Fenerbahçe had fixed matches and bribed teams to manipulate their outcomes. This was shortly followed by the Professional Football Disciplinary Consul and Arbitration's decision to punish Fenerbahçe board members Şekip Mosturoğlu and İlhan Ekşioğlu for their part in threatening the integrity of the league with match fixing. Heavy penalties from UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport were given to Yıldırım and his collogues, these penalties were then approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals. Following all these rulings, Trabzonspor began to vocalize how they were the rightful winners of the 2011 league. Their largest argument being UEFA's choice to file Trabzonspor in the UEFA Champion's league instead of Fenerbahçe. As Trabzonspor looked for legal grounds for their claim, Yıldırım and his associates put rest to the claims by not recognizing the decisions of any of the ruling bodies. The media filled with images as supporters from both sides marched, one group chanting "No matter what, the cup is ours", while the others bellowed "Give us what is rightfully ours." As the Istanbul side used its pull in the media to silence Trabzonspor's claims, the people of Trabzon stormed the streets on Jan. 5 in a massive display of frustration. As the media ignored the actions of the Black Sea team's followers, they portrayed the march of Fenerbahçe's fans in a heroic manner. The media's strength placed the wrong doers above the rightful, as the pleas and marches in search of justice were ignored. The Turkish Football Federation placed the straw that broke the horse's back when they announced that the case was closed. Because of these circumstances, it would take a miracle for the Trabzonspor-Fenerbahçe game to end without incidence. What we all feared happened. Trabzonspor once again fell guilty where they were innocent, or rather this time around they were given the guilty verdict due to the actions of a few provocateurs.In countries where there is no shared vision for sports and more importantly no just vision in sporting, sporting events will lead to violent encounters. What we saw this past match was no surprise, nor is it a first and it will not be a last.As the Turkish football community we need to find a shared understanding of justice, in which all parties receive what they deserve, or we shall be left in our current chaos. Because in our current understanding of a justice based on club strength and popu- larity we cannot obtain peace and success. This matchfixing scandal flattened the tire of our society, and in order to repair our football league we must accept this.