厄齐尔宣布退出德国国家队：赢球，我是德国人，输球，我是移民
北京时间7月23日凌晨，厄齐尔宣布退出德国国家队，原因很“不足球”。
厄齐尔出生于1988年10月15日，是德国籍土耳其裔足球运动员。从2009年至今已经为德国国家队效力了9年，出场92次，打入23球，他也是四年前德国队在巴西夺得世界杯时的主力球员。
今年5月，埃尔多安在访问英国期间与厄齐尔和另一名德国籍土耳其裔球星京多安等人合影。
由于京多安所持球衣上用土耳其语写着“向我的总统致以敬意”，以及时值土耳其大选前夕，厄齐尔和京多安遭到德国政界和媒体挞伐。
厄齐尔与土耳其总统的合照
Some journalists and rightwing politicians had called for Özil and Gündoğan to be kicked out of the national side. Sebastian Münzenmaier, an MP for the rightwing nationalist Alternative für Deutschland, said unless the two players stopped “flattering” the Turkish president, “the Turkish national side can look forward to two new players”. Football players cannot switch national teams after they have represented one country at senior level.
一些记者和右翼政客呼吁将厄齐尔和京多安踢出国家队。右翼民族主义党派德国另类选择党的议员塞巴斯蒂安·穆恩迈耶说，除非这两位球员停止“奉承”土耳其总统，不然“土耳其国家队就可以期盼两位新球员了”。足球球员一旦在高级层面代表一个国家后，就不能更换国家队了。
土耳其裔的德国绿党前主席、现联邦议院议员厄兹代米尔对厄齐尔和京多安的行为予以强烈批评。
德国足协主席格林德尔当时更批评称，两名球员“任由自己被选战所操弄”。此后，京多安很快发声表示自己和厄齐尔并无政治意图。而厄齐尔却持续保持沉默。在此期间，德国舆论中关于他的争议不曾停歇。
北京时间7月23日凌晨，德国国脚厄齐尔打破沉默，通过社交网络发出三封长信，对舆论的批评和指责一一作出回应，并宣布退出德国国家队。
在第一封声明中，厄齐尔正面回应了自己与土耳其总统合影一事。
在声明中，厄齐尔强调了自己的家庭背景，他说，自己有两颗心，一颗属于德国，一颗属于土耳其。
Like many people, my ancestry traces back to more than one country. Whilst I grew up in Germany, my family background has its roots firmly based in Turkey. I have two hearts, one German and one Turkish.
跟很多人一样，我的祖先来自不止一个国家。我在德国长大，但我家族的根源在土耳其。我有两颗心，一颗属于德国，一颗属于土耳其。
During my childhood, my mother taught me to always be respectful and to never forget where I came from, and these are still values that I think about to this day.
在我童年时代，我母亲教育我要心存感激，永远不要忘记自己来自哪里，时至今日，这仍是我所遵从的价值观。
德国前国脚厄齐尔(左) 图片来源：推特
厄齐尔强调，自己不是政治人物，与埃尔多安的会面与政治立场无关，“不论是德国还是土耳其总统，我的行为不会有不同”。
For me, having a picture with President Erdogan wasn’t about politics or elections, it was about me respecting the highest office of my family’s country. My job is a football player and not a politician, and our meeting was not an endorsement of any policies.
在我看来，跟总统埃尔多安的合照跟政治和选举无关，这只是我对家人祖国最高领导人的尊重。我的工作是足球运动员，不是政客，我们的会面不是对某些政治观点的支持。
在第二封声明中，厄齐尔指责了一些德国媒体和赞助商对他的不公待遇。
在2018年俄罗斯世界杯上，前世界冠军德国队小组垫底出局，媒体对厄齐尔的批评愈演愈烈，包括不少种族主义言论。
厄齐尔称，一些德国媒体针对他的土耳其血统以及与总统的合照，把他当成替整个球队失利背锅的“替罪羊”，而不是真正地看他在球场的表现。
Certain German media newspapers are using my background and photo with President Erdogan as right-wing propaganda to further their political cause. Why else did they use pictures and headlines with my name as direct explanation for defeat in Russia?
一些德国媒体把我的土耳其血统以及与埃尔多安总统的合照当做右翼的宣传工具，以达到他们的政治目的。不然的话，为什么人们解释球队俄罗斯世界杯的失败时，要用我的名字和照片作为新闻头条？
They didn’t criticize my performances, they didn’t criticize the team’s performances, they just criticized my Turkish ancestry and respect for my upbringing. This crosses a personal line that should never be crossed, as newspapers try to turn the nation of Germany against me.
他们没有批评我的表现，也没有批评球队的表现，只是针对我的土耳其血统和我的出身。他们逾越了人身攻击的红线，这些媒体要让整个德国与我对立。
此外，他还提到自己因为此事而被德国足协的赞助商弃之不顾。
As they are also a sponsor of the DFB, I was asked to take part in promotional videos for the World Cup. Yet after my picture with President Erdogan, they took me out of the campaigns and cancelled all promotional activities that were scheduled. For them, it was no longer good to be seen with me and called the situation 'crisis management'.
他们同样是德国足协的赞助商。我之前曾被要求为世界杯拍摄视频。但照片事件之后，他们将我排除出所有原本安排好的活动中。对他们而言，跟我在一起并不是件好事，还把当时的状况称之为“危机管控”。
厄齐尔的第三封声明则直接炮轰了德国足协主席：“在过去几个月内，让我最失望的就是德国足协对我的不公平待遇，尤其是德国足协主席赖因哈德·格林德尔（Reinhard Grindel）。”
Recently he has publicly said I should once again explain my actions and puts me at fault for the poor team results in Russia, despite telling me it was over in Berlin. I am speaking now not for Grindel, but because I want to. I will no longer stand for being a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do his job properly.
最近，他公开表示我应该再次解释我为什么和土耳其总统合影，还把德国队表现不佳的锅全部甩给了我。然而，之前在柏林他告诉我的是“一切都过去了”。现在我会解释，但这不是因为格林德尔要求我这么做，而是因为我想要这么做。我拒绝成为他工作失职的替罪羊。
德国足协主席格林德尔
尽管厄齐尔曾经为德国带来了荣誉，在德国交税、为学校捐款，种族歧视者们仍视他为“异类”。
他还写出了一句十分令人心碎的句子：赢球，我是德国人，输球，我是移民。
In the eyes of Grindel and his supporters, I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose. This is because despite paying taxes in Germany, donating facilities to German schools & winning the World Cup with Germany in 2014, I am still not accepted into society. I am treated as being 'different'.
在格林德尔和他的支持者眼里，当我们赢球时是我就是德国人，当我们输球时我就是个移民。 为什么？即使我在德国合法交税，即使我为德国的学校捐献了很多钱，即使我在2014年帮助德国赢得了世界杯冠军，但我还是无法被社会所接受。我被人们当成“异类”。
厄齐尔还指出，格林德尔的观念“绝不罕见”。一些政客对他进行人身攻击，把种族歧视作为政治宣传的工具。
I was called by Bernd Holzhauer (a German politician) a “goat-f***er” because of my picture with President Erdogan and my Turkish background. Furthermore, Werner Steer (Chief of German Theatre) told me to "piss off to Anatolia", a place in Turkey where many immigrants are based.
因为我的土耳其背景，再加上我与总统埃尔多安的合影，贝恩德·霍尔茨豪尔（一位德国政客）就直呼我是“X羊者”。更有甚者，维尔纳·施特尔（德国剧院院长）让我“滚回安纳托利亚”，一个土耳其境内移民聚集的地方。
As I have said before, criticising and abusing me because of family ancestry is a disgraceful line to cross, and using discrimination as a tool for political propaganda is something that should immediately result in the resignation of those disrespectful individuals.
就像我说过的一样，因为我的家庭血统而对我进行批评和侮辱是一种不知廉耻的越界行为，而把歧视作为政治宣传的工具更是应该让他们直接离任的卑劣行为。
These people have used my picture with President Erdogan as an opportunity to express their previously hidden racist tendencies, and this is dangerous for society.
这些人用一张合影大做文章，宣传着他们此前藏在心里的种族主义，这对社会来说很危险。
最后，厄齐尔宣布了自己退出德国国家队的决定。
I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't. This decision has been extremely difficult to make because I have always given everything for my teammates, the coaching staff and the good people of Germany.
曾经，身披德国球衣让我感到兴奋和自豪，但现在不是了。这是一个非常艰难的决定，因为我总是为了我的队友、教练组成员和德国的好人们付出一切。
But when high-ranking DFB officials treat me as they did, disrespect my Turkish roots and selfishly turn me into political propaganda, then enough is enough. That is not why I play football, and I will not sit back and do nothing about it.
但是，当那些德国足协的高官们以这样的方式对待我，当他们亵渎我的土耳其血统，并且自私地将我作为政治宣传的工具，我已经受够了。这不是我踢足球的原因，我也不会对这样的行为坐视不管。
Racism should never, ever be accepted.
种族歧视永远，永远都不能被接受。
现在，厄齐尔推特账号的个人资料上写着：阿森纳球员。地点：英格兰。
编辑：李雪晴
实习生：李昱漫
参考来源：澎湃新闻 中国新闻网 环球网
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