When asked by French MP Muriel Marland-Militello about freedom of religion in Turkey, the Turkish Prime Minister responded that “I believe this friend is French? She is also ‘French’ to Turkey.” Being “French” about something is a colloquial Turkish expression meaning ignorant or confused. The joke did not go down well.
And unfortunately for Erdoğan, Marland-Militello is actually of Turkish-Armenian origin… The Turkish daily Hürriyet goes into details with the title “She is not that French, actually”.
Hahaha. Oh, to have seen his face when someone broke that to him!