{"id":1897,"date":"2021-12-30T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:19:02","slug":"germany-seeks-to-ban-turkish-gray-wolves-far-right-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/germany-seeks-to-ban-turkish-gray-wolves-far-right-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Seeks to Ban Turkish \u2018Gray Wolves\u2019 Far-Right Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43364692_1903649873004525_7554022745453887488_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43364692_1903649873004525_7554022745453887488_n.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/43364692_1903649873004525_7554022745453887488_n-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Use of the Wolf in Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German politicians from both sides of the aisle want to ban the salute of the Grey Wolves far-right group. The Turkish ultra-nationalist organization is known for its violent behavior and for promoting fascism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German politicians said on Tuesday that they would plan legislation to ban the symbols and gestures of the ultra-nationalist Turkishorganization the Gray Wolves. Specifically, the \u201cwolf&#8221; hand salute that lawmakers say is reminiscent of the Nazi salute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny form of fascism is inhuman and a threat to our liberal society,&#8221; said Christian Democrat (CDU) politician Christoph de Vries to the German daily Bild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a rare moment of agreement with Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s center-right CDU, the Left party also expressed a desire to ban the group&#8217;s most obvious trappings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe greeting of the Gray Wolves, one of the largest right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional organizations in Germany, is quite comparable to the Hitler salute and should therefore be banned,&#8221; Left party lawmaker Sevim Dagdelen also told Bild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government of Austria is also working concretely on ban of the Grey Wolves\u2019 salute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gesture caused controversy last year when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu used it while visiting Turkey\u2019s consulate in Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gray Wolves rose to prominence as part of political violence in 1970s Turkey. They have been behind a number of massacres and killings both inside and outside Turkey&#8217;s borders, as well as the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Use of the Wolf in Politics German politicians from both sides of the aisle want to ban the salute of the Grey Wolves far-right group. The Turkish ultra-nationalist organization is known for its violent behavior and for promoting fascism. German politicians said on Tuesday that they would plan legislation to ban the symbols and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfsongalaska.org\/chorus2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}