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Trabzonspor's Dursun given three-game ban for red-carding referee

The Turkish side finished the match with seven men in the defeat to Galatasaray and the midfielder will now face a ban for his indiscretions.

Trabzonspor midfielder Salih Dursun has been banned for three matches by the Turkish Football Federation following his dismissal for showing a red card to referee Deniz Ates Bitne in the club's 2-1 defeat to Galatasaray.

Dursun was also fined 13,000 Turkish Lira for his part in the incedent, with the Turkish authorities refusing to sanction his behavior as a humorous act.

The Black Sea coast club finished the game in Istanbul with seven men, with Ozer Hurmaci, Aykut Demir and Pedro Luis Cavanda also sent off in a match that was followed by protests from Trabzonspor fans angry with the referee's performance.