February 25 – Former Actual Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil has determined to enter the political recreation as a member of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Improvement Get together (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi).
The 36-year-old, who represented Germany on 92 events, was elected as a member of the central committee of Erdoğan’s political entity throughout a council session that passed off in Ankara on Sunday.
On the similar time, Erdoğan was re-elected for the ninth time as head of the conservative-democratic celebration which has dominated Turkey since 2002.
Forward of his worldwide retirement in 2018, Özil posed alongside Erdoğan within the lead as much as the 2018 normal election, inflicting tensions in Germany.
Reinhard Grindel, who was head of the German Soccer Affiliation on the time, accused Özil, and fellow German worldwide İlkay Gündoğan, of permitting themselves to be ‘exploited’ by Mr Erdoğan for political functions.
Some politicians questioned Özil’s loyalty to Germany, suggesting he must be faraway from the nationwide squad forward of the World Cup in 2018. He did, nevertheless, symbolize the nationwide workforce within the event, making two appearances.
Özil has maintained a really shut relationship with the Turkish president. In 2019, Erdoğan was a particular visitor when he married mannequin and actress Amine Gülşe, in Istanbul.
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