20 minutes – The Turks have made a military salute

After the scoring goal of Kaan Ayhan, at least seven players of the team gathered near the corner post to pose, the right hand stretched poses on the front, in support of the soldiers engaged in the Turkish offensive in Syria against Kurdish forces, an offensive that triggered an international toll.

Military salute #Turkey. Just after their goal. #FRATURpic.twitter.com/07Kl0PytKq Bonobar? (@ Bonobar33) October 15, 2019

The Turkish team has renewed this gesture, taken up by their supporters in the rostrum, the outcome of the meeting. But the images were not broadcast on television, in France as in Turkey, which provoked some reactions.

Lider tak? M? N milletine gnayd? N #TurkishSoldierSalutepic.twitter.com/PosN2ciCWe Derya (@ derya26eses) October 15, 2019

Indignant that the broadcaster does not show the celebration of Turkish players, the commentator of the Turkish state TV TRT said: Why do not they show the military salute? It's beautiful, why do not they show it? What has changed? We are returning from France with the first place!

The picture of the Turkish players doing the military salute spread quickly on the social networks. Several ministers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shared it. This is particularly the case of the Minister of Sports, Mehmet Kasapoglu, who attended the match.

Fransa deplasman? Ndan puanla dnmenin mutlulu? Unu ya ?? yoruz. ? nan? yorum ki kalan iki ma? da kazanarak grup lideri olarak # Euro2020'ye gidece? iz. ?? Trkiyen'nin moralini, maneviyat? n? ykselten Milli Tak? m? m? za yrekten te? ekkr ediyorum … Trkiye dnyan? n vicdan? d … pic.twitter.com/BfxlwaRLuB Dr. Mehmet Kasapoglu (@kasapoglu) October 14, 2019

The pro-government media were delighted with the celebration of the Turkish players. The national team gives the best response to the hypocritical West! A salute to our military from France, said the channel A Haber on Twitter.

Frans? Zlar millilerimizin gol sevincini yay? Nlamad ?! https://t.co/QLE21DaUk4pic.twitter.com/bd0X1SZEl3 A Haber (@Ahaber) October 15, 2019

The Turkish players had already made that salute in their previous meeting against Albania on Friday. This irruption of politics in sport could be worth Turkey's sanctions on the part of UEFA, which does not usually tolerate this kind of mix.

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