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Military jubilation gesture: Uefa investigates against Turkish Association

2019-10-14T10:14:23.742Z


The Turkish Football Federation is threatened with a penalty. The Uefa determined because national players with a military jubilee gesture may have violated the ban on political statements.



In Germany, the now declining likes of the two football international Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have caused an upset for an Instagram photo. The two professionals threatened by the side of the DFB no further hardship, both have assured that they did not want to make a political statement with the consent. It could be different for Cenk Tosun, who had published the photo in his profile, and the other Turkish internationals. The European Football Union (Uefa) will initiate proceedings against the Turkish Federation.

The responsible control, ethics and disciplinary chamber of Uefa is scheduled to meet on Thursday (17 October) for the first time. Whether then already a decision on possible sanctions will fall, but is questionable. First of all, comments are obtained from the participants. The Uefa procedure may be directed against the association or against individual players.

The Turkey professionals had saluted immediately after the winning goal to 1-0 in the European Championship qualifier against Albania last Friday on the court and later in the cabin with the hand on the forehead. The Uefa forbids political statements of any kind in their statutes. In the past, severe punishments had been pronounced in the case of incidents that had mostly originated with the fans in the stands. In the evening Turkey will play in France (20.45) and have a good chance of a place at the European Championship in 2020.

Among the players were also the two pros Kaan Ayhan and Kenan Karaman of Fortuna Dusseldorf. The Bundesliga side defended his players. "We know Kaan Ayhan and Kenan Karaman for a long time," said sports director Lutz Pfannenstiel: "We are convinced that they had no choice but to make a political statement, both players stand for the values ​​that our club lives."

The Rhinelanders also said that the two protests claimed that it was merely an expression of solidarity with soldiers and their families, combined with a desire for them to be able to return to their families in a healthy way. After her return from the national team, a conversation between Pfannenstiel and the two players will take place.

The Turkish Football Association said on the scenes after the winner: "The footballers gave this gate with the military salute to the soldiers serving in Operation Peace Spring." The Turkish military operation started on Wednesday and is directed against the Kurdish militia YPG in northern Syria. The operation was criticized internationally sharply.

Source: spiegel

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