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Separately, UEFA said on Thursday that Galatasaray's Champions
League Group D match against Juventus will be held in the
Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany on Dec. 2.
The game, initially scheduled to be played on Nov. 25, was
switched from Istanbul following last week's attacks on the
Turkish capital.
European soccer's ruling body said on Tuesday that the fixture
would be one of three moved away from Turkey to neutral venues
for safety reasons. It will kick off in Dortmund at 1945 GMT.
Two suicide bomb attacks on the British consulate and HSBC
bank headquarters in Istanbul last week killed 31 people and
injured hundreds more.
The attacks followed bombings at two Istanbul synagogues this
month that killed 25 people.
Besiktas's home Champions League game against Chelsea on Dec.
9 will be played outside Turkey as will Israeli side Maccabi
Haifa's UEFA Cup tie with Valencia, which was due to take place
in Izmir.