UEFA investigating Turkey’s Demiral over ‘inappropriate gesture’

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5613573/2024/07/03/turkey-merih-investigation/

Posted by dssevag

12 Comments

  1. They’ll directly punish him when they make the connection that this is the Turkish equivalent of the Sieg Heil. We really failed to show the world what Turkish fascism is like, that flashing a sign like this is being investigated rather than directly punished.

  2. Prestigious-Hand-225 on

    Scum.

    I hope I see Turkey’s hyper-nationalist core crushed in my lifetime. It is a cancer.

  3. Illustrious-Bank-519 on

    Slightly off topic, but I noticed after years of battling Turks online that their brains are wired to believe that the whole world is conspiring against them. That’s why they have excuses and arguments to counter any argument that exposes them and shows them in a bad light. Like in this case, when he made this gesture and the public went crazy, Turks started a mass campaign defending it as being “misunderstood, because it’s a sacred symbol from mythology, its not racist ” etc.

    It’s like they have a playbook of answers to every argument.
    – Armenian Genocide? They conspired with the Russians.
    – massacring Kurds? PKK!!!
    – occupation of Cyprus? These fascist Greeks mistreated our people
    – occupation of Syria? PKK is threatening us.
    – killing Syrian refugees? The harass our women and children.
    – Grey wolves sign? It’s a symbol of Turkic nations, French have a rooster, Russians have a bear. wHaTs tHe pRoBLeM 🤷🏻‍♀️

  4. SkyLordBaturay on

    This is not equvilaent to Nazi hand gesture in Turkey.However its also closely associated with bozkurts(graywolves).I want to belive he is good intended.

    He is a hypocrite btw.He shut his mouth during the humilating scandal in saudi arabia before the super cup match.Funny to ses how my people forget everythink so quickly.

  5. Ok_Connection7680 on

    I hope that after this every Turkish football fan doing that “sign” will be immediately banned and deported

  6. Kick out the whole team, they have alot of genocides deniers. Their supporters do the same. Shame on Turkey!

  7. Scumbag double-downed too. He shows no remorse

    “I had a goal celebration in mind, which I did,” Demiral said after the match. “I am very proud because I am a Turk, therefore after the goal I felt it deeply, and I wanted to do it, and I am very happy about doing it.”

    Demiral then posted a photo of his goal celebration with the salute, alongside the caption: “How happy is the one who says I am a Turk.”

  8. Alex_Hovhannisyan on

    If a player Sieg Heiled, would it merely be considered an “inappropriate gesture”?

  9. amrbinhishamgrandson on

    They did it intentionally to keep mainstream busy i dont give a crap about bark of a dog meanwhile there is predators behind the curtain