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Turkey on Friday condemned UEFA’s two-match suspension for their defender Merih Demiral over a controversial gesture which rules him out of Saturday’s Euro 2024 quarter-final match against the Netherlands. Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Mehmet Buyukeksi labelled the decision “unacceptable, illegal and political.” Sports Minister Osman Askin Bak said the “unfair and biased decision … has no legal basis and is entirely political.” Friday’s events came ahead of the match in Berlin, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed he will attend. The TFF reportedly mulled a…

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