Turkish minister tweets quote from Harry Potter's Dumbledore

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Dumbledore is the headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry mentioned in the Harry Potter books. Hürriyet photo

Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek tweeted today a quotation from Albus Dumbledore, a major character in J.K. Rowling's  worldwide bestselling Harry Potter series.

Şimşek tweeted a Turkish translation of a popular quote of Dumbledore, the headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry mentioned in the Harry Potter books:  “It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

The finance minister is a keen Twitter user, and drew diverse reactions after sending the tweet, which has been retweeted more than 2,000 times.