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On Mesut Ozil's statements regarding the DFB, Erdogan and discrimination

So, as he joined up with his Arsenal teammates yesterday to make the trip to Singapore, Mesut Ozil released three statements via his Twitter account (we can take it as read that it was his social media team that did this). You can read the statements here. The first addressed the issue of his meeting with Turkish president Recep Erdogan, something which caused controversy in Germany and serious unease elsewhere. This is an authoritarian figure whose treatment of dissent and reporting of that dissent ought to be a concern for everyone. A free press is vital in any functioning democracy, Erdogan has had journalists arrested and media outlets silenced, and his dictatorial behaviour, and his...
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