Erdoğan a Professional Basketball Player

Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Askin Bak tweeted about a basketball game in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated along with several officials. He wrote: "I share with you a picture of the game showing the President of the Presidential Communication Directorate, Fahrettin Altun, the head of the intelligence agency, İbrahim Kalın, and deputies from the Justice and Development Party, Mustafa Varank, Muharrem Kasapoğlu, and Alpay Özalan, and of course, our President Erdoğan." He added: "We continue to play basketball with our president; as seen on the screen behind us, the green team is the winner. We are in top shape." The minister noted that at the end of the round, the team wearing green jerseys won with a score of 50-22 against the team wearing white jerseys.