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"International soccer matches have a reputation for occasionally rowdy fans, but on Sunday Police in Turkey were dealing with a fan uprising not related to the outcome of a game but to a new e-ticketing system.\nFans of the Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Galatasaray soccer clubs took to the streets to protest a new e-ticketing system called Passolig that allows the operator of the system to view the ticket holder's private data, including their national identity data and banking information. \nSee also: 'This Is Just the Beginning': Turkish Protesters Met With Tear Gas, Water Cannons\nSoccers fans protesting new e-ticketing rules clash with police on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkey on April 20, 2014. \nImage: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images\n\n\nPolice used tear gas and water cannons in an attempt to disperse hundreds of protesters on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, according to a report in the Hurriyet Daily News. \nOn the Passolig website the company details the reasoning behind the move to the e-ticketing system, citing \"Law no 6222,\" the Law on the Prevention of Violence and Disorder in Sports. \n\nThe Passolig site further states that the law, enacted in 2011, is designed primarily as a security measure:\n[The law] aims at reducing violence in sports, preventing swearing and violence during the matches, reducing the number of gate crashers in the stadiums, encouraging more women and children to come to the stadiums, detecting those who cause violence and negative demonstrations and prohibiting their entrances to the stadiums and preventing black-marketing activities.\nUsing the data stored on the card, officials would presumably have greater powers to identify and pursue soccer fans who engage in violent acts during soccer matches.\n\nImage:  Passolig\n\n\nNevertheless, the Passolig website mostly emphasizes what the company believes are the benefits of the card. In addition to giving the cardholder the ability to carry an e-ticket, the Passolig card can also be used for public transportation and as a debit card. \nSoccer clubs that don't use the new e-ticket system will reportedly be fined 100,000 liras ($47,000) per game. \nEnacted by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), the e-ticket policy went into effect on April 14.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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