He wanted to say "shake" but it is the word "kiss", in its crudest form, that came out: the unfortunate slip of the tongue of an ultra-nationalist ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was running at full speed on social networks Saturday night, on the eve of a decisive election.
Devlet Bahceli, 75, leader of the Nationalist Action party, Erdogan's AK Party's partner in the presidential coalition, was speaking in Antalya at a final campaign rally.
At the end of his speech, in his still vehement style, he began listing Western male names that were supposed to represent foreign powers that he said would plot to overthrow the head of state.
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Hans, Sam, Tony, Johnny, Hergel, Frank... Even if everyone tried to shake Recep Tayyip Erdogan...", he began. But it was the verb "kiss," which differs only by a letter from the word "shake" in Turkish, that he finally pronounced.
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Even if everyone tried to fuck Recep Tayyip Erdogan, they wouldn't succeed. The child of Anatolia Recep Tayyip Erdogan is worth them all, "he said. "For this reason, when you go to the polls on Sunday, give Hans a slap, Sam a kick and someone else's headbutt. Destroy them and say Recep Recep Recep in the ballot boxes," he continued.
The video of the slip of the tongue of Mr. Bahceli, an ally of Mr. Erdogan for the race for the presidency and parliament on Sunday, immediately went viral on social networks. "Devlet Bahceli made a superb fence that corresponds to the entire campaign of his camp," Turkish journalist Mirgun Cabas joked in a tweet. Bahceli is known for his slips of the tongue and colloquial speech, as well as his difficulty pronouncing sophisticated words.
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Many netizens had mocked last week another of his speeches, in which he tried to recite the lyrics of a traditional song without success.