VIDEO: Turkish President Erdoğan scolds smoker, calls in security

November 03 2014 16:57:02

VIDEO: Turkish President Erdoğan scolds smoker, calls in security

Dinçer Gökçe / Can Mumay ISTANBUL

Speaking to Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan insisted that the renegade smoker must be penalized on the spot.

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