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The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player was a key member of Germany's World Cup-winning side in Brazil in 2014.
Mesut Ozil has kept silent about Germany on the day of their fight for survival in the world cup.
His impassioned statement is one of the strongest issued by a player in recent years on the subject of racism and met with mixed reactions.
'Such a racist treatment towards a young man who has given his all to the German national team for his religious beliefs is unacceptable,' Erdogan told reporters in parliament.
In April, Onmanorama had reported about the young parents, Inzamam Ul-Haq and Fida Sanam, and their baby.
Jerry Quy, who had a role as an away supporters' liason as well as entertaining home fans at the Emirates Stadium as the green dinosaur, was recently let go by the club due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to British media reports.
Images in Turkish media showed a smiling Ozil and model fiancee Amine Gulse, sitting at a table on either side of Erdogan at the Ottoman-era Dolmabahce Palace.
The Bollywood actor spent some time with the German footballer at the Arsenal vs Newcastle United match in London.
In the footage, the Premier League club's Bosnian defender Kolasinac is seen leaping from the vehicle to confront the masked aggressors, who had pulled up alongside the car on mopeds in the Golders Green district of the capital early on Thursday evening.
Ozil, a German national of Turkish origin, condemned China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang in a tweet on Friday and criticised Muslim countries for failing to speak up about the alleged abuses.
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