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🗓️ 12 October 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The Grey Wolves, a Turkish far-right political movement, is getting increasing attention worldwide. So is their hand gesture, depicting a wolf’s head. But what makes them so controversial? Selin Girit from BBC Turkish explains.
Produced by Alice Gioia and Caroline Ferguson.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. |
0:04.0 | This is |
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0:08.0 | You're actually |
0:09.0 | the fifth floor. |
0:10.0 | The fifth floor de noos the fifth floor in Newseus. |
0:14.0 | We see me as well. |
0:15.0 | To me have this fifth floor |
0:17.0 | fornak and me this obad. |
0:21.0 | This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC journalists from all around the world. |
0:29.0 | I'm your host, P and Austria are facing each other during a nail-biting football match. |
0:48.0 | The result of this game determines who will go through to the Euro's 2024 quarterfinals. |
0:59.0 | Turkish player Merrij de Merrall scores two goals securing his team's victory. He celebrates by making a hand |
1:07.6 | gesture. He pinches together his middle and ring fingers with his thumb and lifts the index and |
1:16.0 | little fingers in what looks like an animal's head. This seemingly innocuous hand gesture sparked a huge controversy and a diplomatic row between Berlin and Ankara. |
1:31.0 | Demerol was suspended for two matches. But why? Well, because this hand |
1:37.6 | gesture has become known as the wolf salut and it's associated with the gray wolves, a Turkish far right movement. |
1:46.6 | So who are they? |
1:48.3 | And why are they getting more and more attention worldwide? |
1:52.4 | Well to answer these questions my |
1:53.9 | colleague Selin Grit from BBC Turkish is here with me in the fifth floor studio |
1:59.0 | Selin is great to have you always on the program. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you. |
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