Arsenal star Mesut Ozil has broken his silence on the controversial meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that prompted a fierce backlash in Germany. Ozil and international team-mate Ilkay Gundogan were pictured at the London Embassy in May alongside Erdogan, who was re-elected days later despite protests over his government's alleged systematic arrest of journalists, civil rights activists and political opponents. The two midfielders, who were both born in Gelsenkirchen but share Turkish heritage, were subsequently booed by Germany fans in pre-World Cup friendlies, with the uproar cited as a reason for the nation's poor performance in Russia. Gundogan later insisted there...
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