The response of the Turkish Ministry of International Affairs was attributable to disciplinary investigation ordered by UEFA towards Merich Demiralfor celebrating on the pitch with the Grey Wolves badge within the final 16 win over Austria Euro 2024.
On the similar time, the occasion additionally brought on diplomatic episode between Turkey and the host nation Germany.
The scorer of the Turkish crew Merich Demiral, who scored the 2 targets within the match towards Austria, made the Grey Wolves signal together with his fingers, a salute that has been recognized with the Turkish far proper and the nationalist group whose political physique is the Nationalist Motion Social gathering (MIR). The MHP is a authorities associate of the Justice and Improvement Social gathering (AKP) of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
THE symbolism of the grey wolf for Turkish nationalists it attracts its origins from Central Asian Turkic mythology. In response to the parable of “Ergenekon”, a grey wolf accompanied the Turks, guiding them out of Central Asia the place that they had been trapped for 400 years. In response to one other model, the nomads of the Gökturks (the Blue Turks) of Central Asia had been born from a she-wolf. The grey wolf has been used as an emblem of Turkish nationalism for the reason that early years of the interwar Kemalist republic, nonetheless as a idiosyncratic salute, denoting political place, it has been adopted for the reason that Nineteen Nineties.
In an announcement, the Turkish Ministry of International Affairs states that “it’s unacceptable that UEFA has launched a disciplinary investigation towards Turkish footballer Merih Demiral following yesterday’s (July 2) EURO 2024 Spherical of 16 match between the nationwide soccer groups of Turkey and Austria”.
The announcement additionally notes: “Moreover, the report revealed by the German Federal Workplace for the Safety of the Structure in September 2023 emphasised that the ‘gray wolf’ badge can not essentially be linked to far-right extremism. The “gray wolf” mark can be not a prohibited image in Germany. Below these circumstances, the reactions proven by the German authorities to Mr. Demiral can in themselves be thought of xenophobic. We condemn politically motivated reactions to using a historic and cultural image within the context of a goal celebration in a manner that targets nobody.”
Concerning the episode, the German Minister of the Inside Nancy Phaser acknowledged that “The symbols of Turkish far-right extremists don’t have any place in our stadiums. It’s unacceptable to make use of the European Soccer Championship as a platform to precise racism. We count on UEFA to analyze the incident and think about the potential of sanctions.” This assertion by the German minister was adopted by UEFA’s announcement that it had launched an investigation into Demiral.
Ankara, for its half, invited the German ambassador Jurgen Schultz to the Ministry of International Affairs with a purpose to specific her protest towards the statements of the German minister.
The Minister of Inside of Turkey Gilmaz Tootsin his put up on platform X, stated that the UEFA investigation towards the Turkish footballer can’t be accepted, in addition to the assertion of the German inside minister.
The Turkish Minister of Justice additionally added to his put up: “Merich Demiral, you’re our satisfaction, we’re at all times with you.”
On the identical situation, the consultant of the AKP Omer Celik referred to as Nancy Fazer’s statements and the investigation initiated by UEFA unacceptable. “These in search of racism and fascism ought to deal with the current election ends in numerous international locations in Europe,” he famous.
The chief of the Nationalist Motion Social gathering (MIP) Devlet Bakhceli, for his half, acknowledged that “Merich Demiral’s transfer is a message of the Turkish nation to the world.” He claimed that UEFA’s investigation towards the Turkish footballer “is purposeful and an intermediate hyperlink in a series of challenges which have reached harmful proportions in current days”.
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