Turkish football club Adana Demirspor walk off pitch after 30 mins in game at Galatasaray in protest of ref decision

There were chaotic scenes on Sunday when players of Turkish football club Adana Demirspor walked off the pitch during their Super Lig game game against Galatasaray in protest at a controversial penalty decision.

Alvaro Morata, who joined Galatasaray on loan from AC Milan, scored from the spot after 12 minutes but the game was initially suspended in the 34th minute before later being abandoned.

The penalty had been awarded after Galatasaray's Dries Mertens went down in the area despite Semih Guler not having made significant contact with him.

Adana boss Mustafa Alper Avci, whose team are bottom of the table, called his players over as Yusuf Barasi received treatment.

The Adana Demirspor players then walked off the pitch, with baffled Galatasaray players eventually doing likewise.

The officials, including referee Oguzhan Cakir, also left the pitch.

20 minutes after the players had left the pitch, the stadium announcer confirmed that the game had been abandoned.

As reported by Turkiye Today, the announcement said: 'The match has been abandoned by the referee due to Adana Demirspor withdrawing from the game.' 

Adana Demirspor's former president, Metin Korkmaz, said: 'This is a protest against the Refereeing Committee, not Galatasaray.'