And now Basaksehir: Antwerp should not fear a witch’s cauldron against the team for which Erdogan once scored a hat-trick

Antwerp has one more obstacle to overcome to make it to the group stage of the Conference League. A much-discussed obstacle, called Istanbul Basaksehir. The louse in the fur of ‘the Big Three of Istanbul’ is inextricably linked to President Recep Erdogan. A real Turkish cauldron – such as at home matches of Fenerbahçe or Galatasaray – should not fear the Great Old in Istanbul.