Germany bans 'blue wolf' sign urging students to calm down
In the northern German city of Bremen, the government has banned the silent fox hand gesture from kindergartens and schools because it resembles the Turkish sign for blue wolf. This was reported by Bild.
The "silent fox" hand gesture has long been used to indicate silence, but now the authorities of a German city have decided to reconsider their treatment of the sign due to its similarity to the salute of the right-wing extremist movement "Blue Wolves".
Patricia Brandt, a spokeswoman for Bremen's education authority, said that "the right-wing extremist implications of the gesture are incompatible with the basic position of Bremen's educational institutions."
It should be noted that in the 2024 European Football Championship match against Austria, the defender of the Turkish national team, Merich Demiral, was punished for celebrating the goal scored by using the "blue wolf" sign. was disqualified for using the "gray worm" gesture after scoring a goal in the match against. This situation caused political conflicts between Turkey and Germany. For example, on July 3, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the German ambassador after the German interior minister criticized the Turkish defender. After that, on July 4, the German Foreign Ministry responded by summoning the diplomatic representative of Turkey in the country.
"Blue Wolf" (Bozkurt), or as the members of the organization call it, "Ülkü Ocakları" ("Society of Idealists"), is a Turkish nationalist organization that is a mixture of Turkish nationalism and Islamism. It was formed by Alparslan Turkesh in 1969 as a youth organization of the MHP nationalist party. Today's leader of " Blue Wolves" is Devlet Bahcheli, leader of MHP.
The symbol of the organization is taken from Turkish mythology, where the wolf is seen as a symbol of victory over enemies and the savior of Turkic peoples. The organization is banned in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
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