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A funny dialogue between President Erdogan and his wife: I am the captain of the car now

April 6, 2023

A dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife, Amina Erdogan, sparked a great interaction on social media, during their first ride in a car. "tog" (TOGG) Homemade.

Anadolu Agency published a video showing Turkey’s first lady entering the line when Erdogan was asking the CEO of the Turkish group of local car manufacturers, Kurjan Karakash, about the mechanism for playing music on the car screen, and he was sitting in the back seat, asking Erdogan to wait.

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But the Turkish president asked her to wait, and then jokingly told her: "I’m the captain of the car now"However, she replied, laughing: "But the car is mine.. you should know that".

Erdogan replied: "It is not important that the car is yours, the important thing is who is behind the wheel"; Which made her laugh so that she surrendered to him by saying: "Of course, of course".

The Turkish presidency’s communication department published scenes of Erdogan and his wife Amina driving the first model car "tog" (TOGG) Domestic Electric.

Erdogan and his wife were accompanied by the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Warank, and the CEO of a group of Turkish companies that manufacture the local electric car "tog" (TOGG) Kurgan Karagash.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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