Italian head of government Mario Draghi on Thursday evening called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "
dictator
" when answering a question about "
Sofagate
".
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"
I was very heartbroken by the humiliation that the President of the Commission had to endure with these, let's call them for what they are, dictators,
" Mario Draghi said during a press conference in Rome , in response to a question on the behavior of the Turkish President vis-à-vis Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was recessed on a couch on Tuesday during a meeting of the presidents of the EU institutions in Istanbul.