Erdoğan’s hands-free greeting to guard against coronavirus becomes hit among European officials
BY DAILY SABAH
ISTANBUL POLITICS MAR 16, 2020 9:34 AM GMT+3
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg perform the traditional hands-free Turkish greeting following a meeting in Brussels on March 10, 2020. (AA Photo)
The coronavirus pandemic has forced individuals across the world, including world leaders, to rethink their personal and social habits, from washing their hands to avoiding direct physical greetings. It is to this end that European diplomats and officials have begun to adopt President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s distinctly welcoming yet contact-free greeting during meetings.
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