Özil was born and raised in Germany, and has only ever been to Turkey on holiday.Why shouldn't he feel at home here? Özil toured the camp as well as playing with children, signing autographs and handing out football shirts.In 2017, he worked with the charity My Shining Star to make a child cancer patient's dreams come true. But essentially, this debate is hypocritical and phoney. Mesut Özil, generally regarded as a shy person, recently added his voice to the debate and rejected the views of Thilo Sarrazin.
He is renowned for his technical skills and creativity; due to his agility, finesse and versatility as an attacking midfielder. He recorded a goal and an assist in a 5–2 victory over Everton on 22 October, and recorded another assist a week later, against Swansea City.After entering January with six months remaining on his contract, which would allow him to engage in pre-contract negotiations with any club, Özil assisted in a win over Crystal Palace, and also assisted in a loss in the reverse fixture against Swansea City on 30 January.On 15 February, Özil scored in the first knockout round of the Europa League, netting calmly against His involvement in the first-team began to falter due to a mix of injuries and a dip in form, but he returned to assist the only goal in a victory in the Europa League against Özil was given additional time off to start the 2019–20 season, after being the Eligible to play for either Germany or Turkey, Özil chose to play for his country of birth.On 27 June 2010, Özil played in Germany's win over On 29 February 2012, Özil was recognised as Germany's best international of the year for 2011 prior to kick-off at a friendly against Özil registered two assists, created nine chances, and claimed the Man of the Match award in Germany's 4–2 quarter-final win over On 12 June 2016, Özil completed the full 90 minutes of Germany's opening Özil was selected by manager Joachim Löw in Germany's final 23-man squad for the In May 2018, Özil, alongside fellow German international After the nation's World Cup campaign, losing out at the group stage, Özil posted a series of messages on He later detailed his core issue with the national team stemmed from his interactions with A quick, agile, creative and technical player, with good Due to his creative ability and offensive prowess as a playmaker, Özil has been called "assist-king" in the media.In December 2019, Özil went on social media to tweet a poem denouncing the treatment of As part of the BigShoe project, Özil donated his 2014 World Cup winnings, an estimated £240,000, to pay for 23 sick Brazilian children to have medical surgery as a "personal thank you for the hospitality of the people of Brazil. I am a player who needs this faith and that is what I have felt from Arsenal, which is why I have joined. This may yet be the week when, in announcing the signing of Willian and confirming Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed his new contract, they take their first clear steps towards rebounding from a tormented season and showing their intent to progress under Mikel Arteta. He also won a record five German Player of the Year awards. Aslen Zonguldak Devrek’li olan ailesinin üçüncü kuşağına mensup olan Mesut Özil, anne Gülizar Özil ve baba Mustafa Özil’in 70’li yıllarda Türkiye’den Almanya’ya iş için göç eden ailenin üç çocuğundan birisidir. Mesut Özil is a German professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal as an attacking midfielder, but can also be deployed as a winger.


According to some Turks, Mesut Özil can never be a German, despite the fact that he was born and bred in the German town of Gelsenkirchen. "I feel completely at home here," said Özil on Thursday.In the meantime, it appears politicians in this country are prepared to go to quirky lengths to score points with Özil's popularity. And now the unassuming player finds himself at the centre of Germany's ongoing national identity debate. By Lewis GroppDeliberate own goal? Here, he scores against the Turkish team in the 3:0 European championship qualifier on 8 October 2010Football is politics, too: Mesut Özil is awarded the Silver Bay Laurel Leaf, the highest sports award in Germany, by Germany's president Christian Wullf in the not entirely altruistic presence of chancellor Angela Merkel"Downright schizophrenic": German tabloids publish euphoric coverage of the "German" successes of the country's multicultural squad while also running opinion pieces that stoke anti-foreigner sentiments

Today, Özil is right up there in the limelight, playing with the "royals" on the lush green pitch at Real Madrid, sending the entire stadium and millions of fans all over the world into a delirium of delight with his dazzling soccer wizardry.From simple folk to the super-intellectual, there's barely a football fan out there that can resist the magical power of Özil's outstanding talent.Even in the national strip, the ex-Werder Bremen star now numbers among the squad's top performers. Ever since SPD politician Thilo Sarrazin blustered that migrants and in particular Muslim immigrants are diluting the supposedly high-grade German gene pool, the political establishment has found itself in a quandary. The playmaker missed Arsenal's victory over Cardiff City on New Year's Day with a shoulder injury before returning to make a late appearance from the bench against Tottenham Hotspur in the February was a difficult month for Özil, as he struggled to reach the heights he showed in his first few months at the club.

After all, the boy comes from Gelsenkirchen.For about a century, a Mizrahi synagogue, an Armenian church, a Zoroastrian temple and a Shia mosque have been serving their followers in a small neighbourhood in downtown Tehran.