Türkiye condemns UEFA's unfair ban against Merih Demiral over wolf salute gesture
"We condemn UEFA's unfair and biased decision, which has no legal basis and that we consider to be purely political," Turkish sports minister Osman Aşkın Bak wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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- Published Date: 03:54 | 05 July 2024
- Modified Date: 03:55 | 05 July 2024
Turkish sports minister on Friday condemned UEFA's "unfair" two-match ban for Merih Demiral for making the wolf salute gesture at Euro 2024 that rules him out of their quarter-final against the Netherlands.
"We condemn UEFA's unfair and biased decision, which has no legal basis and that we consider to be purely political," Osman Aşkın Bak wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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