Soccer Football - International Friendly - Germany vs Saudi Arabia - BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany - June 8, 2018 Germany's Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan before the match REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
BERLIN (Reuters) - The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Tuesday called for soccer players Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, who had their photographs taken with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, to be dropped from Germany's World Cup squad in Russia.
The two players of Turkish descent angered some fans and politicians when they were pictured beaming with Erdogan last month and they have faced a barrage of criticism ever since, with lawmakers and the German football federation arguing that Erdogan does not sufficiently respect German values.
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