Turkish first lady slams 'falsehoods' against hubbby
August 21, 2014
ISTANBUL : The wife of Turkey's outgoing President Abdullah Gul has launched an angry and highly unusual attack on his critics, complaining he was subjected to "falsehoods and disrespect" while in power, media reported Wednesday. As president, Abdullah Gul was known for choosing his words with extreme care, but his wife Hayrunnisa showed now such caution at a farewell reception late Tuesday.
Hayrunnisa Gul has made few interventions since Gul became president in 2007 and until now has been largely a silent - if always impeccably dressed - presence at his side. "We've seen what have been written and said. I know everything," she told Turkish reporters in comments published throughout the media. "Abdullah Bey was shutting down the Internet and taking the new bulletins away so as not to upset me," she added, referring to her husband by a traditional form of address.
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