President Erdoğan shares iftar with athletes

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with athletes during an iftar dinner in Ankara.

Making a speech at the iftar, President Erdoğan said: “We see that Türkiye, which has been climbing to a higher league in every area, has overcome its ill fate and left behind the interregnum in sports as well. Our country has a continuously rising success graphic not only in wrestling, karate and weight lifting, the branches in which we have been at the top traditionally, but also in a large spectrum extending from boxing, archery and gymnastics to volleyball, table tennis and swimming.” 

Stressing that Turkish athletes return empty-handed from almost no competition they participate in, President Erdoğan stated: “Turkish athletes are greatly appreciated in the sports community because of their gentlemanliness and industriousness as well as their outstanding achievements. Today, our athletes are in a position where they are considered as tough competitors who are both respected and feared by their colleagues.”