How so? They also banned an Albanian player (Mirlind Daku) for anti-Serbian chants. So it's not as if Turkey are the only team suffering from UEFA taking measures.
I don't think UEFA give a feck how many players they have to ban, especially now that everyone has been warned.
Google "Grey Wolves Turkey" and make up your mind. Doesn't get much more than fascist than that. Nothing grey about it in my opinion. Except their name.
If we go deep enough down the hole then no one can celebrate anyone.
Not about the tournament specifically, but general attitudes to Turkish people. They are not viewed in a very positive light. In my travels in Europe, I’ve encountered people disparage them very publicly in regular conversation in ways that illustrate a deep held resentment to them as a people.
If they did this, fair play. What I’d like is for them to be public as to what is considered “bad conduct/bad political speech” that warrants a ban.
And judging by your previous posts this ban somehow ”whiffs of UEFA being selective on which issues it takes umbrage with.”
”Demiral was charged by Uefa - European football's governing body - for failing to comply with general principles of conduct, for violating the basic rules of decent conduct, for using sports events for manifestations of a non-sporting nature and for bringing the sport of football into disrepute.”
I have Turkish friends and they too have problems with many Turks living in other European countries still voting for Erdogan's AK party whilst not living there themselves. There are many Turks in NL, Germany, France etc that feel and act like loyal citizens to their "new" home countries (New between brackets because most have been here for generations) but there are also many that really never fully integrated.
Not even the Turks living in Turkey like the "Almanci" (=Turks living in Germany).
Heck yeah , brother! Y'all know the saying: first they came for the fascists.
@MrWilliams Now you have a Dutch and German response saying pretty much the same so there you go. Hope it answers your question.Not even the Turks living in Turkey like the "Almanci" (=Turks living in Germany).
Of course that doesn't apply to all of them, but it's a fact that there is a significant amount of people who are neither well integrated in their actual country of birth (like Germany) nor are they welcome in Turkey/seen as real Turks. They fall through the cracks everywhere and they are usually those who have problems (and cause problems). It's a societal problem that was created by only seeing the Turkish immigrants as "guest workers" and never caring about making them part of the society.
