ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amedspor jerseys are selling out across Amed, Diyarbakir in Turkish, as soon as they are able as the newly promoted Kurdish-rooted club’s strong start in Turkey’s Super Lig drives a surge in demand among its growing fanbase. “I’ve been waiting to get my hands on a jersey for 10 days,” Ozkan Damar, a supporter, told Rudaw's Mashallah Dakak on Tuesday, saying he has still been unable to find one. Demand has intensified after Amedspor beat Besiktas 3-2 on Sunday, moving to the top of Turkey’s topflight Super Lig after six matches. The club has won four games and all four of its home matches. Hasan Baran travelled from Dera in southeastern Mardin Province after failing to find a jersey there. “We went to the Ceylan Karavil Park shop, but they didn’t have it either, so now we have come here,” he said. Another supporter, Gule, said she had visited the same store three times without finding a jersey that fit, while Bawer Ozer said there was “nothing left” for him or his children. Amedspor, based in Amed, has a large following among Kurds in Turkey and abroad. The club adopted the name Amedspor in 2014, strengthening its association with Kurdish identity. Other supporters buy and gift the jerseys to relatives and friends outside Amed and abroad. “When we visited relatives in the past, we would take sweets with us, but now, we bring jerseys instead,” Brahim Oguzsoy said, adding that he was taking Amedspor shirts to relatives in Gever, in Hakkari Province. Mustafa Tashin said he had sent about 15 jerseys to Sweden and others to cities across Turkey. “Friends keep asking for them, so I send them all the time,” he said. Vural Tantakin said some customers buy several kits at once, “leaving nothing for the others.”
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