Much attention has been brought to a recent video of Turkish spectators jeering during a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Paris attacks at a soccer game Tuesday.

Turkish fans attending the international friendly against Greece shouted and whistled -- the equivalent of booing in many parts of the world -- as both teams bowed their heads in respect of the 129 victims of Friday's attacks in the French capital.

According to Turkish paper Today's Zaman, the 'boos' were accompanied by chants of "Martyrs never die, the country will never be divided" and "Allahu Akbar."

Spectators also booed during the Greek national anthem. Turkish players such as midfielder Arda Turan, urged the crowd to be silent with hand signals, but to no avail.

European media heavily criticized the act, with one Greek publication going as far to say, "Turks do not care about the Paris attacks."

Turkey's manager Fatih Terim condemned the fans' actions after the game.

"These whistles damage the image of our country," Terim said, via L'équipe, as translated by Deadspin. "There were two matches on Tuesday canceled because of this terror. This is not child's play. Terrorist threats are very serious. We must think. We can not remain passive in our country facing what is happening. It's not us. You realize there is not even a minute's silence. My God. I cannot justify what happened. But if we act together, we can prevent the sport from being sacrificed to terrorism."

However, some believe that the whistles and chants may have been misinterpreted by the media. Turkish fans reacted the same way during a moment of silence earlier this year in respect of the victims of the bombings in the country's capital of Ankara.

Media commentator Ahmed Bedier explained the incident on Facebook.

"Fans were chanting a popular Turkish chant against terrorism," Bedier said. "It has become common practice for Turkish fans to chant during moments of silence [to] honor the victims."

Still, another reason suggested for the apparent sign of disrespect was that Turkey may have felt the attacks in France were getting more attention than those in the Middle East.

The coach of Syria's national team Fajr Ibrahim talked to reporters about the Paris victims receiving more recognition than victims in Syria.

"We stand now 30 seconds for French, but all Syrian people killed, no one stand one second, you have to know this," Ibrahim said, via AFP. "We fight all terrorists. We fight all terrorist groups, Syria fight all terrorist groups... we kill all terrorists around the world."

Watch video of the incident below: