Erdoğan Shifts Schedule to Watch Euros Match in Berlin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has canceled his scheduled visit to Azerbaijan to instead attend the Euro 2024 quarterfinal match in Berlin between Turkey and the Netherlands on July 6.
The president was initially slated to attend the Organization of Turkic States summit in the Shusha city on the same day. Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz is expected to attend the event.
Erdoğan's plans changed following UEFA's investigation into Turkish defender Merih Demiral for making a "grey wolf" sign during his goal celebration in a 2-1 win over Austria.
The disciplinary action followed a request from Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who condemned the celebration as racist due to its far-right associations.
"The symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in our stadiums. Using the European football championships as a platform for racism is completely unacceptable," she wrote on X.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry responded by summoning Germany's ambassador, Jürgen Schulz.
In a statement on July 3, the ministry labeled the investigation as "unacceptable" as the sign is not banned in Germany.
Source: HDN
Comments
Attention!
Sending all kinds of financial, legal, criminal, administrative responsibility content arising from illegal, threatening, disturbing, insulting and abusive, humiliating, humiliating, vulgar, obscene, immoral, damaging personal rights or similar content. It belongs to the Member / Members.