Ozil is said to have met Erdogan at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, along with his fiancée Amine Gülşe, to invite the leader in person.  Arsenal's No.10 attracted unwanted media attention for a previous meeting with Erdogan, in which he and Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan posed for a picture with the 65-year-old. Ozil was forced to defend the incident and received a swathe of xenephobic abuse about his Turkish roots which ultimately led to his premature retirement from the Germany national team.  Erdogan – a former semi-professional footballer himself – is a divisive figure in Turkey, and indeed, the world.  SEE ALSO Theo Walcott at 30: a strange, muddled career where...
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