Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday moved to soothe tension following the Turkish Super Cup final cancellation in Saudi Arabia the day before. Opposition parties and critics acuused Erdoğan’s government of silence after Saudi authorities reportedly banned Turkish sides Galatasaray and Fenerbahce from carrying banners featuring modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, ahead of Friday’s final in Riyadh. Although Erdoğan called the incident “saddening” in his first reaction, he stopped short of openly targeting the Saudi administration. “Turning sports into a tool for daily …