Mesut Ozil, former Germany, Actual Madrid and Arsenal Star, stepped down after becoming a member of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Improvement Social gathering (AKP).
The World Cup winner born in Germany, who was retiring in 2023, grew to become a member of the Central Council of the AKP in a congress in Ankara, the place Erdogan was re-elected for the ninth time as head of the conservative social gathering that has dominated Turkey since 2002.
Ozil, who ended his membership profession in Istanbul, is an extended -time Erdogan supporter who chosen him in 2019 as his greatest man for his marriage ceremony with a former Miss Turkey, Amine Gulse.
A photograph of Ozil and Erdogan with the previous German teammate Ilkay Guendogan, additionally Turkish origin, precipitated controversy. Berlin accused the Turkish head of the state of the repressive drift, whereas Ozil was criticized by the German far proper criticism.
Ozil, beforehand a logo of a multicultural Germany, reverse the German nationwide group and accused the German Soccer Affiliation of Racism.