Gundongan also took pictures with the Turkish President around the same time and was called out for it as well, Ozil got the brunt of it because he was a star player that had been (and continued) to underperform at both club and national level.

Loses impact even further when one of the players covering his mouth, Gundongan, is also of Turkish descent.

Supposedly they're calling out Germany for hypocrisy since Mesut Ozil (the player) said the German Federation and fans of discriminating him for having Turkish roots back in 2018 when he retired from international football.