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Ankara – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he had supported decision of Mesut Ozil to leave the German national team on tells the story of racism during a phone call with the football star of Turkish origin, causing a controversy in Germany
Ozil surprised football this weekend announcing that he never planned to play for the national team again. to be racist from a meeting with Erdogan two months ago.
His move divided opinion in Germany but received warm applause in Turkey, whose government has long campaigned against what Ankara sees as a surge of Islamophobia in Europe. spoke to Mesut, his attitude in the statement is completely patriotic, it is an absolutely commendable behavior, "said Erdogan, quoted by the Anadolu public news agency.
" I l & # 39; "Kiss on the eyes," says Erdogan, using a Turkish term of affection for a loved one or a friend.
"It is not possible to accept this kind of" Racist and Islamophobic attitude towards a young man "Ozil, who was born in Germany to parents of Turkish descent, faced heavy criticism at the World Cup, especially at the World Cup. on Erdogan's controversial photo in May just a month before the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey.
Arsenal midfielder, a key member of the team that won the 2014 World Cup, criticized the leaders of the German Football Federation. sponsors and the media.
He lamented the lack of support from DFB President Reinhard Grindel, and said: "I have two hearts, a German and a Turkish."
"In the eyes of Grindel and his followers, I'm German when we win, but I'm an immigrant when we lose," writes Ozil, 29.
But the badociation said Monday in a statement rejected "the idea that the DFB is badociated with racism".
His retirement surprised the head coach of Germany, Joachim Loew. "Neither the national coach nor I have been informed in advance," confirmed Manchester City international Ilkay Gundogan, during his meeting with Erdogan during the president in Britain. as well as attacker Cenk Tosun from Everton who was born in Germany but represents Turkey.
"How will you explain this understanding that will not allow me to take pictures with Mesut, Ilkay and Cenk Tosun of Turkish origin in London?" Said Erdogan
In the ancestral city from Devrek in the Zonguldak region on the Turkish Black Sea coast, local authorities have changed a giant image on "Mesut Ozil Avenue" to show the photograph with Erdogan rather than Ozil in his "We are against racism , religious discrimination and we condemn those who act in this way, "said Mayor Mustafa Semerci, according to the DHA news agency.
" Dear Mesut, you are not alone. Devrek, Turkey and even the world is with you. "
Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul congratulated Ozil on Monday, saying he had" scored the most beautiful goal against the Fascist virus. "
whose leader Yildirim Demiroren is a close ally of Erdogan, said Tuesday that he condemned the treatment of Ozil.
" Any player, whatever it is or not in the eyes of the public, has the right to be protected from abuse, discrimination and messages Ozil, who has now joined the preseason tour of the Gunners in Singapore, released Tuesday his first tweet from the beginning of Fury
"Pre-season work", he simply writes above a picture of himself. in sprint training, without making any reference to the tumult.
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