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A Turkish ultra group has asked fans to make the controversial wolf salute at the team’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against the Netherlands on Saturday. The group said on platform X all Turkey fans in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium were invited to make the gesture during the playing of the national anthem before the kick-off. It insisted that the wolf salute was not racist but “the national symbol of Turkishness.” Turkey player Merih Demiral made the gesture, mimicking with his fingers the shape of a wolf’s head, after his second goal in a 2-1 victory over Austria in the round of 16 on Tuesday. The con…

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