Turkish PM Erdoğan sheds tears on TV over letter by Egyptian senior Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohammad al-Beltagy for his daughter.(HD).
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shed tears live TV on Aug. 22 over an Egyptian father’s letter to his daughter, who was killed by the security forces in Cairo.
After listening to a prerecorded video of the letter being read out, Erdoğan sat speechless for a few moments with tears in his eyes. He then explained why the letter – written by senior Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohammad al-Beltagy for his daughter Asma – had touched him so much.
“[I] do not have time to share with my children. I come home at around one or two at night missing them. I saw my own children in al-Baltagy’s letter,” Erdoğan said during the interview, which was aired on private broadcaster Ülke TV.
“I hope the father’s attitude gives a lesson to many countries in the Islamic world. I hope it will set an example to our youth. I am not speaking as the prime minister right now, I am a citizen. May God never allow those who want to [break] our unity,”
Editör: Vitrin Haber
