Germany Warns Fans as Turkish Media Stokes Fervor Ahead of Match
- Tensions are high ahead of Saturday’s Turkey-Netherlands match
- Turkish President Erdogan will attend the game in person
Merih Demiral of Turkiye is spoken to by referee Artur Soares Dias.
Photographer: Stu Forster/Getty ImagesSaturday night’s Turkey-Netherlands Euro 2024 quarter-final has the potential to be a powderkeg as German police warned fans and Turkish media stoked nationalist zeal.
Germany’s police union urged the thousands of Turkish supporters expected to be on hand in Berlin to abstain from making a controversial, nationalist hand gesture during the match.