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The German Foreign Office has summoned the Turkish ambassador in Berlin, as the fallout continued on Thursday from the use of a controversial gesture with far-right connotations by a Turkish footballer. “We raised the incident today with the Turkish ambassador in Berlin,” a spokeswoman said in response to a question from dpa. The move followed the summoning of the German ambassador to Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey’s Merih Demiral made the sign – known as the wolf salute – after scoring his second goal in his country’s Euro 2024 victory over Austria on Tuesday. The gesture is associated with the …

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