WOLF'S GREETING: The unbelievable self-dramatization of Turkish President Erdogan

WOLF'S GREETING: The unbelievable self-dramatization of Turkish President Erdogan
According to media reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to come to Berlin for Turkey's European Championship quarter-finals because of the debate about the so-called wolf salute. On a flight from Kazakhstan, he drew comparisons to the heraldic animals of European countries, as the broadcaster CNNTürk and other Turkish media reported on Friday. "Does anyone ask why there is an eagle on the German national jersey or a rooster on the French one?" Erdogan said to the journalists accompanying him. Turkish national soccer player Merih Demiral expressed his enthusiasm with this gesture when celebrating a goal in Turkey's round of 16 match against Austria. UEFA saw things differently and banned the 26-year-old defender for two games, meaning he will miss the quarter-finals against the Netherlands and a possible semi-final.
The background to Erdogan's visit is the controversy surrounding a controversial gesture by Demiral. The Turkish government accuses Germany of xenophobia in this case. The so-called wolf salute is considered a symbol of the right-wing extremist Turkish Grey Wolves. There are 18,500 members in Germany, making the group the largest right-wing extremist organization in the country. The Grey Wolves are not banned, but they are monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
With the announced visit of the Turkish president, the debate is drawing ever wider diplomatic circles. The Turkish ambassador in Berlin was summoned to the Foreign Office on Thursday to discuss the incident, a ministry spokeswoman in Berlin announced. The German ambassador in Ankara had already been summoned on Wednesday.
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