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YEREVAN, JUNE 11, ARMENPRESS. The reason why Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned from the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s funeral to Turkey was revealed.
During his speech devoted to Ali’s memory, famous Jewish rabbi, political activist Michael Lerner called the world leaders stating: “Tell the leaders of Turkey to stop killing the Kurds”, “Armenpress” reports, WLKY.com informs.
Turkish "DemocratHaber" informs that this statement by rabbi Michael Lerner became the main reason Erdogan decided to return Turkey after staying few hours at Ali’s funeral.
The Turkish mass media earlier reported Erdogan planned to pay a 2-day visit to the US to participate in Ali’s funeral.
“Hurriyet” reported Erdogan wanted to put an Islamic covering on the coffin, but the organizers told him “we will put it later”. This was negatively received by the Turkish President. Moreover Erdogan’s wish to recite the Quran was denied.
As a result, Erdogan decided to return Turkey without taking part in Muhammad Ali’s funeral.