Paul Gascoigne can count himself lucky referee Dougie Smith only booked him for showing the official his own card back in 1995 – in Turkey, Salih Dursun’s similar antics were deemed a red-card offence.

The Trabzonspor defender was one of four players sent off by Deniz Ates Bitnel in a feisty 2-1 defeat by Galatasaray on Sunday night in Istanbul.

Dursun, enraged by the dismissal of team-mate Luis Pedro Cavanda, seized an opportunity to mock Bitnel by showing him the red card after it was dropped by the referee, before being sent off himself.

Trabzonspor fumed after Luis Pedro Cavanda was sent off - before a team-mate followed soon after

Salih Dursun picked up referee Deniz Ates Bitnel's red card and the angry defender showed it to the official

Dursun brandished the card towards the referee after three of his team-mates had already been dismissed

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The flare-up surrounding Bitnel’s controversial decision to award an 86th-minute penalty with the score at 1-1, providing Inan Selcuk the chance to net the winner three minutes later.

The incident revived memories of Gascoigne’s bizarre booking during Rangers’ 7-0 rout of Hibernian back in 1995.

Gazza returned referee Smith’s yellow card after jokingly ‘booking’ the humour-lacking official – only to be cautioned, much to the disgust of the Ibrox crowd.

But while the former England international could laugh off the decision, Dursun was not so lucky as he was given his marching orders.

Trabzon supporters were less than impressed – but they were at least fortunate not to pick up any further reds in the game’s final minutes, with one more leading to an abandonment.

But the official did not see the funny side of the Turkish player's antics and subsequently sent him off

Dursun heads towards the tunnel after the bizarre incident towards the end of Galatasaray's 2-1 victory

Goalkeeper Onur Kivrak tried to calm his colleagues but it was too late, and they then conceded again

Their club were also upset, posting a message on Twitter reading: 'The black night of Turkish football', accompanied by an image of the Dursun incident.

Jose Bosingwa was one of Trabzonspor’s five starting players who managed to last the full game, while Lukas Podolski netted Galatasaray’s earlier equaliser after Erkan Zengin’s opener.