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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be in Germany for his country’s Euro 2024 quarter-final on Saturday, the presidency told AFP, as Ankara and Berlin trade barbs over a Turkish footballer’s celebratory gesture. Germany summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin on Thursday morning amid a spiralling diplomatic row which erupted after Turkish footballer Merih Demiral made an alleged ultra-nationalist hand sign during his team’s win over Austria. In a tweet announcing the move the German foreign ministry said that “as the host of Euro 2024 we want sport to bring people together”. A day earli…

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