According to what was shown in a video clip, widely circulated by local websites, Erdogan refused to drink water from his bodyguard’s hand, then came back and kissed her from his bodyguard’s hand. son, Bilal Erdogan.
It was not understood why the President of Turkey initially refused to drink water, while the website of the newspaper “Istanbul” said that the matter was related to a “security measure”.
News reports said the video was taken during Erdogan’s participation in political activity in Hatay province, in preparation for the second round of presidential elections.
The Turkish president was accompanied by his coalition partners, Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli and Welfare Party leader Fatih Erbakan.
Erdogan and his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, will contest the second round of the presidential election on May 28.
The Turkish president obtained 49.52% of the votes in the first round, against 44.88% for Oglu, the candidate of the opposition alliance which includes six parties.
Read the Latest World News Today on The Eastern Herald.
