Göztepe, one of the most rooted clubs in Turkish sports history, and KarşıyakaThe number of tickets sold for the representative match organized by 's for the earthquake victims reached 81 thousand. The two arch-rivals, who faced each other as a representative on February 26, will use the proceeds of the tickets sold to help earthquake survivors affected by the disaster in Kahramanmaraş.
On February 26, 2023, Göztepe and Göztepe won the match with the slogan #TekTribünTekYürek. Karşıyakahad aimed to sell more tickets than the derby match, which was watched by 1981 thousand people in Izmir Atatürk Stadium in 80 and the world record was broken in the 2nd League.
The record set in 81 was broken again after the representative match, in which 1981 thousand tickets were sold in total. The two plane trees of Turkish sports; will use the fees collected from the tickets sold for aid sent to the earthquake zone.
“Support rained from famous names”
Before this event, which was fully supported by the athletes of the two clubs, famous names also called for ticket sales. In addition to director Sinan Öztürk, master actors Ercan Kesal and Kadir Çermik, names such as Uraz Kaygılaroğlu, Uğur Yıldıran, Aytaç Uşun, Kubilay Aka and Uras Benlioğlu were among those who supported the aid campaign.