Turkish football fans displaying the infamous salute of the Turkish Grey Wolves during a support march in Berlin prior to Turkey's quarterfinal match against the Netherlands in the EURO2024 football tournament on July 6th, 2024 (Photo from Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP).
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Commonplace Extremism: A Look into Turkey’s ‘Grey Wolves’
On July 2nd, after scoring a goal in Turkey's football match against Austria during the recent European Championship, Turkish footballer Merih Demiral raised his hands, flashing the gesture of the Turkish 'Grey Wolves,' a pan-Turkic political-paramilitary movement that has been compared to death squads and terror organizations.