Is UEFA’s ban on Turkish footballer Demiral justified?

Turkish national footballer Merih Demiral's celebratory wolf salute at EURO 2024 resulted in a two-match ban from UEFA.
We delve into the meaning behind the gesture and explore whether the ban is an attack on cultural expression or necessary discipline.
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[@mastery7901]

Meanwhile Bellingham only got fined for crotch grab. Double standards.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

a crotch grab isn't about racism and ultra-nationalism. this garbage has no place in sport or society.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

@@mastery7901 one is just rude. the other is just racist.

[@commonsense2402]

They know he is an important player and banning him reduces turkiyes chances of progressing

[@haytch1598]

They have a bigger reason to fight and win

[@T.Gurktaler]

No, Turkish wolf is associated with the far right nationalistic party which has no place on a footballfield. No German/austrian player does a Nazi salute

[@MuniraAbdullahi-sc7po]

Germany accusing a country of racism is IRONIC

[@christopher.stewart]

your own comment is racist against Germans… and if perfection was a requirement for calling out wrongdoing, none would ever be called out…

[@BlackNoir88]

@@christopher.stewart I thought Germans were the “superior race” lol I thought racism didn’t affect you turds

[@BOZ_11]

@@christopher.stewart haha, you're very j00-ish making the accusation AND feigning offence. That's ironic

[@Amaking10000]

Germans are fascists in nature.

[@Jack_huntakilla]

UEFA like europe is a joke!

[@CrayCray9]

But UEFA didn’t ban Bellingham despite his gesture.

[@ahmedfaiyazazad8415]

Always trying to Hamper Muslims as much as possible

[@NikGit]

If it's a joke then why you participate in Euro, since you are an Asian country, and why you want to enter the EU?

[@Jack_huntakilla]

@@NikGit who the heck wants to join europe???

[@sto4552]

If it's a joke why are you talking in an European language?

[@sherazmalik2179]

Unjustified and disgraceful.

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

DID YOU KNOW THAT WRESTLERS SHAWN MICHAELS AND TRIPLE H .. Degenration X....have LEARNED THIS "WOLF Sign" from Turkey..??!!!!!Shawn michaels and Kevin Nash have said this in an Interview !!! the WWE was in Turkey in the 90tees and a Turkish guy in a pub....showed this "WOLF SIGN" to SHawn Waltman (1,2,3 kid) and He teached this SIGN to Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash and the rest of the KLIQUE !!! They are doing this SIGN inspired by Turkey for OVER 30 years and nobody complains about it... but only when it's a Muslim player does it ....then suddenly it' becomes a problem !!! WTF ?!!!

[@dudethadude4382]

Ofc it's not justified. Im disgusted by such hypocrisy. Same hypocrisy and propaganda which have been justifying israel's apartheid and crimes is at work here. They are quiet when tens of thousands civilians are getting m....red yet they act out when they see a turkish player doing a wolf sign which is their traditional national totem animal. Utterly disgusting hypocrisy indeed. All turkish players and fans should just do the same as this football player and take uefa and those german hypocrites to international court and wherever else they can pursue this matter to

[@poppi510]

Cry about it. Don’t come to Germany then. Our rules. Remember Qatar? Their rules etc….

[@dudethadude4382]

@@poppi510 i've never been to germany and i will never come neither. Especialy after i see how even normal german population supports this hypocrisy. You are no different than moustache german guy supporters, still the same. Tens of thousands people are m... and 2 m people's lives are turned into hell thnx to you and usa yet you are getting offended by wolf sign. Utterly disgusting indeed

[@dudethadude4382]

@@poppi510 forget coming i've already decided to never buy anything that will profit to this german gov. Every tyrant evil has its time

[@zee1unknown171]

@@poppi510🤣 pls stop

[@aaditkhan728]

​@@poppi510Well you guys lost on your own soil against one of my favourite teams Spain so cry more😂😂😂

[@ilhanbgpunch9088]

C n.importe quoi.cette décision.du.pur seum...pleins de footballeurs font des signes PLEINS

[@muskhuan7012]

very political decision for UEFA but they will remain right after all because their justice is only for them we should expect more but we should not condemn them we should not let greed to destroy our purpose just we should speak loudly and make everyone to hear us. in this world everyone should hear and known how they decided unfairly and we should get the all attention for UEFA maybe this will not cancel the decision but UEFA pays for that act

[@Tebriz683]

We are Turks, Turks are grey wolves🤘 There is no any wrong thing in here🇦🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬🇹🇲🇭🇺🇺🇿🇰🇿🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@JhoniAliboy]

Salute from Uzbekistan 🤘🏿🐺

[@Moonst151]

🇹🇷🤘

[@agahanaga1868]

🤣🤣🤣You are not Turk! You are an Arab hybrid

[@user-qw2oh4zq1h]

All turks looks like Dopeyman

[@Banhof-h5u]

🙄

[@AllaahuAkbar60]

DNA testing is not allowed in Israel mainly because their ancestors are from Europe..

[@jamesdrummond7684]

they're desperately afraid of both their own people and the world finding out that their convenient fairy tale is completely made up garbage. they should be banned from the Paris olympics ala Russia due to their brutal genocide of Palestinians but the review coming up shortly will of course result in absolutely nothing happening.

[@sto4552]

wait until Turks find out they are Greeks and not Mongols

[@arnoldzilban8274]

Totally motivated beyond sense or reason to ban a great, key player! When you have other players tackling to such degree as to break someone's leg or intend to maim another player for life, which by any police assessment is equal to a physical assault, as IE: example Tony Kroos against Spain's Pedri...and consequence--no yellow card, no red card, no ban, no suspension, no probation, maybe a few words like, "hey, be nice..." but really, nothing! What kind of twisted world do we live in now? The guy was just proud of his Nation and people...isn't that what National sport tournaments in essence are all about!!? Then in that case don't play anyone's National anthem either cuz that's a hostile provocation too, isn't it?!

[@mariela7521]

Not justified

[@miketyson9023]

100% justified this symbol is used by the grey wolf organization even though is a cultural thing in turkey. As a comparaison, it's the same thing with the n@zi salute which was a roman salute at first.

[@BOZ_11]

@@miketyson9023 You should understand that Turkic origin myths feature a grey wolf that led the ancestors of the Turks out of a legendary homeland called Ergenekon. Turks were Tengrists long before Islam and the grey wolf is a sacred animal to the Turks. At the end of the day, a bunch of Germans wanted to punish Turks for going further than the Germans and Austrians in the tournament. They ignored the defenders' post match press conference and the Turkish FA's written address.

[@yusufpolatkesen8468]

Mike Tyson wannabe you can go and f@&k yourself. You have no idea at all you’re just a mouth and that’s it.

[@miketyson9023]

@@BOZ_11 I understand the historical and cultural context of this symbol. However, as i said, the Grey Wolf organization uses this symbol so it's directly associate with them. Also, you need to stop thinking that the world is against turkish by saying "the germans wanted us out" that's a victim reply, you are using the victim card. And tell me, the Netherlands knock you off, is it a conspiracy against turkey also ??

[@BOZ_11]

@@miketyson9023 so what? Hindu's have to stop using their symbol because the na_zis co-opted it??? Don't be absurd

[@gunerashraf1634]

Long life of the "gray wolves" of Turkiey!!✌️✌️🐺🐺🐺

[@usermx-3d]

Desteğiniz için Teşekkürler kral❤

[@user-on3ie9ru5m]

نہیں ایسا کہنا ٹھیک نہیں۔کیونکہ ایسے قوم پرستی ظاہر ہوتی ہے،جو کہ پہلے ہی امت کا ایک بڑا ناسور ہے

[@gunerashraf1634]

​@@user-on3ie9ru5mOf course, we know our origin🐺🐺🐺 just like Arabs know their own origin🐫🐫🐫

[@usermx-3d]

@@user-on3ie9ru5m ve siz bunu yaptıkça evet senin dayatman nedir onu bırakmamız yani ? , kurt bizim ilk bayrağımızda da kullanıldı saygı duymayabilirsin bizde inat kurt sembolünü kullanacağız

[@usermx-3d]

@@user-on3ie9ru5m ve git sayfalarımızı gez 7 turk devleti de böyle selamlaşır

[@Muratinho78]

Das lustige daran ist, dass es alle Türk Völker nur noch mehr zusammenschließt 😂

[@maxflush7611]

🤘 from 🇽🇰

[@usermx-3d]

ve öyle olmalı

[@usermx-3d]

@@maxflush7611 Teşekkürler❤

[@Freedom.fighter84]

Da hast aber recht 😅

[@MSBenBecker]

Koffer schon gepackt? Es wird euch niemand aufhalten. AfD nennt das Re-Migration. Ich bin kein Rassist, bin mit einem Ausländer verheiratet. Wem es hier nicht gefällt..auf nimmer wiedersehen! 😂

[@Evemeister12]

Turkey is not a European country.

[@HatredForMankind]

congrats, einstein.

[@zenastronomy]

banning a national gesture in an inter national competition 😂😂😂 what next banning nations from participating in uefa? 😂😂😂

[@hamzaf19]

I live and was born in Germany and I am from Turkish/Lebanese origin and let me tell you something, Özil's quote is all you need to understand Germans.

[@cenkberberi9450]

you are right man !

[@brojwz2314]

Imagine folloowing what a racist like ozil says.

[@bObsy.]

what is the quote?

[@MrCoton.]

Same for France

[@elkidelfid8827]

Being accused of racism by the germans 😂😂😂😂

[@AllaahuAkbar60]

Turkiye has the right to defend itself, Allahu Akbar

[@KRKMZ-lj7tx]

It was a European cup not a German cup and Germans got eliminated that made her so jealous show out of from inside her real hate feelings for Turks living in Germany

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

I agree 100% !!!!

[@Mahmud-Layth-Tariq-Al-Khafaji]

A win in today's match against the Netherlands is the best answer to the narrow-mindedness of this act. By the way, I am not a supporter of showing symbols in sport, but banning the Turkish player because of it, is not only unfair, but strange and questionable.

[@88GhostWriter88]

Well in a time of rising right wings in europe, "france, uk" netherland, hungary, poland, italy and germany" its definitly important to put a sign against right winger. France for example just dodged a big bullet. And to all these turkish collegues that argue " but with him we would be european champions" id say bro stop either way Spain probably would kicked you out anyways. Its 2024 and in a time like the gaza war there is no place for right wing extremism.

[@helenkiller2660]

Cleae double standards

[@Moonst151]

Serbs made the chetnik sign, no punishment was given ,it was given to Turkey. You will pay the price.

[@miketyson9023]

It was not a chetnik sign, it was a christian orthodox sign where the three fingers represent the Father, the Son and the Holy spirit.

[@rojavatees4031]

Complete nonsense. And why the threats? Is that how Turks behave?

[@NikGit]

Serbs belong to Europe. Serbia is a European country. Turkey is an Asian country. Should not allowed to play in Euro. Israel too. We are doing you a favour allowing this. Both countries should play for the Asian Cup. Simple as that.

[@Moonst151]

@@NikGit you are comic

[@Moonst151]

​@@NikGitTürkiye is more beautiful than europe.😊

[@Lemmeknowlemmeknow]

Can you comment on the fact that the „gray wolves“ are on the watchlist of the german secret service? Are their arguments false?

[@jondo7680]

🐺🇹🇷

[@LocNguyen-ln6bu]

Gray Wolf, the world are with you, Palestine, the world are with you, Allah is with you; Victory to the Righteous and the Victory to the Oppressed 🙏

[@HaloWise-hu6rh]

If you keep 2 disgusting words out: bpalestine and balah . Then your comment valid.

[@HaloWise-hu6rh]

Word bpalestne would be OK just like any other country name if it wouldn't be associated with terror support

[@tanjuendaz3980]

It's all political rhetoric with absolutely nothing to back her foolish and ignorant accusations.

[@julian987r4]

Keep politics out of sport. So yes, he deserves the ban.

[@richardhawkins4621]

This is wrong if these people had not have complained nobody would have noticed anything turkiye v england that would be great

[@hahahahahahahaahaha7801]

These r nothing but plain old gestures, why so uptight, might as well live in a cave

[@EdwinHorox]

Good decision by UEFA. No excuse for extreme racist symbols or gestures.

[@AllaahuAkbar60]

Bismillah Hir rahman nir raheem, Rabbanaa wa laa tuhammilnaa maa laa taaqata lanaa bih wa fu Anna wagfir lana warhamnaa anta mawlana fansurnaa alal qawmil kaafireen..

[@gangouti]

TLDR; No!

[@andrewduncan8510]

Not justified and inappropriate political interference

[@poppi510]

In Germany it seen as a far right salute. Not prohibited per law. But still very controversial.

[@BOZ_11]

@@poppi510 so he broke no laws and gets punished? Asinine

[@andrewduncan8510]

In another member state of UEFA England, it means nothing.

[@rojavatees4031]

Of course it's justified. He should be banned for life. There is no place for Nazism in football.

[@andrewsmith3760]

So how many billions of euros have ended in the Azov regiment pockets are you claiming they are not Naz. The reality is no one even noticed it when he celebrated scoring on the live video. It is the still photo that is being used out of context that is actually promoting the extremist views. If I was a German citizen I would be asking if Nancy Faeser has not more important issues to be dealing. All she has done is pissed of a very large section of the German community and actually promoted the use the gesture even more. This is a case of a politician dragging politics into sport she should be sacked for the very racism she supposed to be discouraging.

[@billybobjohn8955]

Legend of Ashena (Asena).

[@ahmettunainankul4777]

Germany got demiral (our best player) banned from 2 matches. they replaced us with austria making a twitter account called netherlands vs austria instead of netherlands vs turkey, they reported TRT spor so we cant watch our own matches and think that we are eliminated or something but TRT came back and our football manager made the turkish national team play with no strikers.Turkey didnt lose to netherlands we lost because of UEFA Germany and the person who banned demiral was from austria and she did it to make turkey lose but turkey still scored a goal

[@Moonst151]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🤘🤘🤘🤘☝️☝️☝️Allah is great. Long live Türkiye

[@artyompieters6378]

@@Moonst151 Turkey is disgusting

[@Moonst151]

​@@artyompieters6378you are the disgusting , Türkiye is perfect☝️🇹🇷🤘

[@nedbenjamine3370]

With that logic you can justify the Nazi salute since it dates from Julius Caesar

[@brianclarke2100]

Who cares?

[@Yasin52.]

ok

[@kerem9736]

First of all Türkiye due to geographic location is Mediterranean, Balkan, Caucasian, Asian, European. We are proud of that. WHO THE HELL U ARE EUROPEANS? What do you get? Just plain boring Europe with your pale boring faces, who have no soul no humor…. Nothing!! It is a continent with aging population, the youth is consumed by alcohol and drugs. You sit on American and Jewish capital. When Trump comes to power you will get no money as Nato countries and you are all stuck with no defense system. Türkiye has unbelievable cultural heritage with its warm people who have soul and humor, you suck in your organized, boring pathological life. You are enslaved by your own system. You can’t even realized that due to too much dope which impaired your cognitive capabilities. We are joining BRICS, unifying with 300 million Turkic world. We are creating one of the most sophisticated defense and aerospace in the world. You don’t believe? You can just listen to Colinnel MacGregor, look at engeneering com websites and former Marines intelligence officer KZbin clips. What do you have pales faced soulless Europeans? Europe is dead, finitot, gone!!!!!

[@martaakh8105]

No. Not justified. It is unfair

[@benjamins8082]

They just don't want turkiye to make it too the semi finals. They think that Turkish players are crap

[@MySmallWorld.]

Turkiye and all Muslim countries should and must boycott Paris Olympic games.Then Boycott german goods and services.

[@Goldenskies__]

Paris is in France not Germany.

[@MSBenBecker]

Your making it easy. Turkey doesn't have an infrastructure so the only thing we are boycotting is Döner. I didn't know anyone qualified for the Olympics. 😅 Turks NOT driving Mercedes Benz, or BMW? Hilarious.. are you going to walk, because I don't think Turkey produces cars, or anything..😅 Btw we stopped eating Döner a long time ago. Most places sell hamburger meet. It's not even Döner, it's not even allowed to call it Döner. Turks cheat and use cheap hamburger, but call it Döner and charge a lot of money. Theres not 1 good Döner place in a 50 mile radius. We're eating a lot of Gyros now. Much better anyways. Greeks are proud and serve quality food. 😂😂😂😂

[@kerem9736]

@@MSBenBeckerinfrastructure? Are you doped or what? Just Google American websites about engeneering, defense systems and aerospace. First of all Türkiye due to geographic location is Mediterranean, Balkan, Caucasian, Asian, European. We are proud of that. WHO THE HELL U ARE EUROPEANS? What do you get? Just plain boring Europe with your pale boring faces, who have no soul no humor…. Nothing!! It is a continent with aging population, the youth is consumed by alcohol and drugs. You sit on American and Jewish capital. When Trump comes to power you will get no money as anato countries and you are all stuck with no defense system. Türkiye has unbelievable cultural heritage with its warm people who have soul and humor, you suck in your organized, boring pathological life. You are enslaved by your own system. You can’t even realized that due to too much dope which impaired your cognitive capabilities. We are joining BRICS, unifying with 300 million Turkic world. We are creating one of the most sophisticated defense and aerospace in the world. You don’t believe? You can just listen to Colonel MacGregor, look at engendering com websites and former Marines intelligence officer KZbin clips. What do you have pales faced soulless Europeans? Europe is dead, finitot, gone!!!!!

[@Tebriz683]

Turks are great🤘❤️🐺🇦🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬🇹🇲🇭🇺🇺🇿🇰🇿

[@NikGit]

Things are easy as one plus one makes two. Turkey and Israel are Asian countries and should not participate in Euro. So simple.

[@sayjustwordstome]

The grey wolves walk home. Thank you Netherlands

[@OSMANNURISINAN]

FYI

[@Freedom.fighter84]

She knows nothing about football she should go and support settlers that’s all…

[@Goldenskies__]

Who are you talking about?

[@Freedom.fighter84]

@@Goldenskies__ am talking the old woman talking about the nonsense

[@MoonLight-nc4fi]

Only Germany is not guilty. The Turkish people who have been living there for centuries are guilty of not being powerful enough to represent Turks in the parliament, to impact on German society in positive ways, to build strong relationships, institutions and impactful relations. Had they done it, this would not have happened today.

[@BOZ_11]

Centuries???? The first Turks arrived en masse in Germany in the 1960s, due to invitation from the German govt for the need for workers.

[@lorisyadegarian5214]

How about going back. Many of us will gladly pay for the trip.

[@kerem9736]

@@lorisyadegarian5214 First of all Türkiye due to geographic location is Mediterranean, Balkan, Caucasian, Asian, European. We are proud of that. WHO THE HELL U ARE EUROPEANS? What do you get? Just plain boring Europe with your pale boring faces, who have no soul no humor…. Nothing!! It is a continent with aging population, the youth is consumed by alcohol and drugs. You sit on American and Jewish capital. When Trump comes to power you will get no money as anato countries and you are all stuck with no defense system. Türkiye has unbelievable cultural heritage with its warm people who have soul and humor, you suck in your organized, boring pathological life. You are enslaved by your own system. You can’t even realized that due to too much dope which impaired your cognitive capabilities. We are joining BRICS, unifying with 300 million Turkic world. We are creating one of the most sophisticated defense and aerospace in the world. You don’t believe? You can just listen to Colinnel MacGregor, look at engendering com websites and former Marines intelligence officer KZbin clips. What do you have pales faced soulless Europeans? Europe is dead, finitot, gone!!!!!

[@kerem9736]

@@lorisyadegarian5214Asia is rising. Europe is collapsing. Soon you will clean our toilets and you will have collar on your necks begging for more ground beef with your pale boring faces. Even your women say that European men are good to be friends, cuddle like brothers, but when it comes to passion and love, they prefer dark skin

[@Tebriz683]

Justice for Turks from all types of bad eyes🙏🤘🧿🧿🧿

[@AllaahuAkbar60]

Establish regular Namaz and Pay ZAKAT. Establish regular Namaz and Pay ZAKAT..

[@TheStonedSkull]

they just dont want a Muslim country to reach the final I still remember when Türkiye played Brazil and they almost won in the 2 matches in the world cup 2002 the referee cheated with brazil

[@TheRealFFS]

Justified. Yes, the Grey Wolf is part of Turkish mythology, but the specific hand symbol was brought to Turkey by Alparslan Türkes (the founder of the nationalist party MHP) and it has been primarily used by his party and his followers. It's often used in a racist manner against Kurds. People just downplay now because they see themselves as victims and nothing they ever do is wrong. Doesn't matter if it has historical roots. The Swastika does too, but nowadays it's associated with the Nazis and there is nothing you can do about that either.

[@dudethadude4382]

You mean the same kurds those zionists committed war crimes against in iraq? Turkey was the only country who stood by kurds when your zionist masters in usa and eu were invading iraq? Why were all of you quiet then and talking now? We know the answer though, because you found yourselves some kurdish puppets and are trying to create a country for them ie for ypg-an internationaly accepted trrrst organization. Oh man western hypocrisy is only getting worse as the time goes on. Repulsive colonialist propaganda. Thankfuly i've met many kurds who had this awareness when i was in eastern turkey. Kurds are muslims and ue or usa has no place to say anything about kurds after iraq. None of those war criminals were properly punished and everything was like swept under a rug with some money

[@cenkberberi9450]

Is it used to be racist against Kurds? hahaha you are a funny person. This symbol is used in all Turkish countries and communities and its only purpose is Kurds? hahahah

[@TheRealFFS]

@@cenkberberi9450 We are talking about Turkey though. It's an undeniable fact that it was the right-wing, led by Alparslan Türkes, who started using this hand sign in Turkey and have been using it until today. His first Bozkurt para-military group actively murdered members of the opposition And yes, this has been used againt Kurds and I've seen it many times. In fact, it's what I've been told when I was a child. One particular memory of mine: we had a little fangroup for the Turkish national team and we were at a meeting (30-40 people?). Front row three people who said that they were Kurds, and in the backrows people raised their hands making this hand sign. Now go ahead and tell me that this was not racially motivated... And this is nothing compared to other, violent events. E.g. Madimak.

[@dudethadude4382]

@@TheRealFFS You mean the same kurds those zionists committed war crimes against in iraq? Turkey was the only country who stood by kurds when your zionist masters in usa and eu were invading iraq? Why were all of you quiet then and talking now? We know the answer though, because you found yourselves some kurdish puppets and are trying to create a country for them ie for ypg-an internationaly accepted tr..st organization. Oh man western hypocrisy is only getting worse as the time goes on. Repulsive propagandists. Thankfuly i've met many kurds who had this awareness when i was in eastern turkey. Kurds are muslims and eu or usa has no place to say anything about kurds especialy after iraq. None of those war criminals were properly punished and everything was like swept under a rug with some money

[@cenkberberi9450]

@@TheRealFFS Was the Turkish symbol used only by Alparslan Türkeş? You are either very ignorant or anti-Turkish. Because you identify this symbol with a political community. The Madımak massacre was done by political Islamists, not the Turks, but also the Kurds in Turkey live a more comfortable life than the Kurds living all over the world. They have every right. They can even become ministers and presidents. What more could you ask for? This is completely ungrateful. More than 50% of the Kurds living in Turkey support the PKK. You don't know anything because who you are is revealed by what you say. You can be sad as much as you want. The gray wolf sign is the symbol of Turkishness and we will do this forever. 🤘🤘🤘🐺🐺🐺

[@mirzahafiz89]

in today world racism come together with hypocricy. Disgusting

[@MSBenBecker]

You screwed up, stop crying and man up!😂

[@suhaybwrya6305]

XUSHKTAN BJEM TURKE GAWADINA

[@Userjunior2016]

Helal olsun Merih

[@haytch1598]

They just don't want us to win, but it will only make us stronger, they tried to minimise our chances with yellow cards in the cheq match, and when Demirel was the biggest reason we won the Austria match they decided to ban him. Just goes to show who the real racists (germans) they want the German Turks to not be proud of their heritage, but they will only make them prouder 🇹🇷❤️🇹🇷

[@MSBenBecker]

Germany, our laws, our rules, Democracy. Don't like it, get out. You behave like animals if you lose a match, attacking other fans, going crazy and violent. Destroying things. Unacceptable behavior. Germany is hosting the UEFA Cup, we are having 1 big party with all nations. Turks have caused problems and violence at each one of their matches. This is not your country, why are you acting like that? Nobody teach you how to behave? Who whistles in a stadium when the opponents teams anthem is playing? Austria match . . Turks whistle the entire time when Austria has the ball? Who behaves like that? No respect, not even for yourself. You embarrassed yourselves and Turkey. Thank you for showing the world that we Germans are not racist, it is you who do not have any respect for the country and the people who opened their door for you. So you can have a better life in Germany, because life in Turkey is and was bad. Wait.. your parents didn't tell you they fled Turkey? Turkey..no jobs, poverty, corrupt brutal government..no future. You should all go back to Turkey and live under terrorist, corrupt Erdogan. The people in Turkey hate him. Turkey is going bankrupt. Erdogan has destroyed Turkey. Always begging money from the EU, but running his mouth against the EU. He shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him!

[@cactusy9332]

Why German dont like Turkish?

[@amarrustembegovic9828]

How about taking accountability for his nationalist dumb decision to show the Wolfsgruß at the European cup IN Germany and after that you can complain about other nations Players like Serbias cetnik sign being shown and zero consequences... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤔 but pls dont dedend Demirel like he was just waving his hand to say hello to the audience...😂😂😂

[@alpddar2518]

How did you manage to say so many words without actually meaning anything?

[@AbuAliSina-g6m]

That symbol is racist. The 3 finger is also racist. But not the Albanian eagle. Because historically that was never used in a racist manner. Allah swt knows best☝️

[@mhmstructural]

If this is true. The whole team should refuse to play.

[@peter_de_Jong817]

It's, keep the extreme nationalism out of sports.

[@ElyasQuick1]

Say it to racists and islamophobes in the West.

[@ayaman2762]

Boycott German Products, Buy Turkish, better quality anyway and support our local economy.

[@Justkillinchillin]

I live in turkey I am Turkish off I see any western white doing this in his own form his shirt will be red

[@PhyuckYu420]

This ban was done on purpose...as they know he is a threat and a dangerous player to the opposition

[@Lion_Kurt]

🤘🐺🐺🐺🤘🇹🇷

[@agahanaga1868]

🤣🤣🤣Merih Demiral is not Turk! At most 10% of Türkiye's population is Turk.

[@BOZ_11]

you write a lot of fiction. 70% of Turkey is Turk

[@HatredForMankind]

ok armenian, whatever you say

[@HatredForMankind]

Germans afraid of mythological symbols.. oh, wait.

[@OSMANNURISINAN]

Fy UEFA!!!