What does the legendary president Süleyman Seba mean to us?

The purpose of what I am writing here today is not to express my personal feelings as a Fenerbahçe fan, but to show that sport means much more than what the younger generations understand today.
Süleyman Seba defined being a Beşiktaş fan not as being a consumer or customer, but by saying, ‘You cannot be a good Beşiktaş fan without being a good person.’ In today's society, we feel the coldness of materialism everywhere and are going through days where we rarely find human warmth and kindness. There is also a crazy competitive environment in sports. It continues in the form of a wild race.
 The ethics of athletes, managers, and fans seem to have been left behind. Everything is driven by the ‘win-win’ principle of savage capitalism, and all values are disregarded. While neoliberalism, with its sponsors, plazas, sectors, and media, controls our lives, football continues to occupy an increasingly important place in our lives. 
Football is now far removed from its philosophy of existence, caught up in the midst of wealthy betting companies, club owners, and dirty political relationships. 
Seba was like a pearl necklace connecting us to the virtues of the republic through the generation he grew up in and his moral values. He was a man who taught us that not everything is about money, and he lived by what he preached. He was a true son of this land. In the 1990s, when we were still learning the ropes and playing football in the neighbourhood streets, he was the image of a president etched into our memories. He was not just a role model for Beşiktaş fans; he was the kind of person we all long for but can no longer find today!
While today, value is measured in millions of euros and trophies, and disrespect knows no bounds among managers and footballers, Süleyman Seba was always the master of humility and respect. When he became president of Beşiktaş in 1984, the club had only a small clubhouse, the muddy Şeref Bey Stadium, and many difficulties. During this period, Seba was like a father figure to Beşiktaş fans.
The 1990s were a time when industrial football was gaining momentum in Europe and developing in Turkey through Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. However, he never made investments that would burden the club with heavy debts or create injustice among players. He focused on the youth academy. He did not express success and love for Beşiktaş through championships, which made him an outsider in industrial football. Because for industrial football, championships meant getting a return on investment. It was a situation that signalled the transformation of amateur fan sentiment into material concerns.
However, for capitalism, football was a market; for Seba, it was a passion. That is why match-fixing and incentive bonuses never crossed his path, he never succumbed to cup fetishism, and he always took pride in the honourable second place.
Yes, being a Beşiktaş fan was defined not as being a consumer or a customer, but as ‘you cannot be a good Beşiktaş fan without being a good person.’ In the days when there were no advertising, betting, or stock market revenues, it was not through long-term loans but by calling businessmen that Beşiktaş fans pioneered bringing money into the Beşiktaş coffers and never allowed Beşiktaş to become a club for the super-rich.
Süleyman Seba was a Beşiktaş proletarian who travelled to training sessions by minibus, did not focus on profit and money, avoided excessive commercialisation, never looked down on anyone, and introduced the ‘our valuable rival’ style of speech. The year 2000, when he stepped down as Beşiktaş president in tears, was actually a period that did not suit him at all.
With Seba's death, football seems even dirtier. Beşiktaş fans made their biggest mistake when they shouted, ‘Ahmet Dursun, Seba must go,’ thereby plunging Beşiktaş into the arms of savage capitalism. We know that Seba was the last representative of anti-imperialist thought in sports; he was a gentleman, a man who knew and lived true friendship. Morality and manners were his non-negotiables.
My belief is that BJK, which holds Seba's legacy, cannot and should not resemble other teams; it must follow Seba's path.