The atmosphere inside Rams Park on a Champions League evening is something that has to be experienced to be fully understood — and photographed from within it to be truly conveyed. This image of the Galatasaray supporter section captures the intensity that defined Istanbul’s second consecutive victory over Liverpool in European competition: a wall of colour, noise and collective will that the British press could not ignore.
BBC News Türkçe selected this photograph to accompany their piece on how English sports media covered Galatasaray’s win — drawing on reactions from BBC Sport, The Guardian and beyond. Analysts pointed to the corner kick vulnerability that cost Liverpool dearly, the weight of Istanbul’s history for the club since 2005, and the mounting pressure on manager Arne Slot. That the atmosphere at Rams Park earned dedicated paragraphs in the British coverage speaks to exactly what this image set out to document.
Being published on a BBC platform, to the standards of a global public broadcaster, and reaching a Turkish-language audience of millions, is a meaningful recognition of locally produced photography covering a story that resonated far beyond the city. Accredited for UEFA competitions and based in Istanbul, I cover Champions League fixtures and Turkish Süper Lig matches for international editorial clients including ESPN, CNN, The Mirror and Ouest-France.
Link to the publication : https://www.bbc.com/turkce/articles/cqxd7je778ro
