PM Yıldırım Continues to ‘Ask Men for Woman’s Hand in Marriage’

Click to read the article in Turkish

In his visit to Northern Cyprus, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has phoned the father of a woman whom a young man coming near him wants to get married with.

A male university student named Yücel Çakmak (21) asked PM Yıldırım to talk to the father of a woman whom a young man coming near him wants to get married with.

Summoning Çakmak to the airport, PM Yıldırım phone the family of the woman on the plane. After the phone call, Yıldırım told Çakmak “Don’t stop chasing it”.

The marriage plan was made by three men in front of the press. Whether the woman has a consent or how she feels about it is unknown.

Yıldırım had stated that secret of a good marriage is “to obey” and told the bride, “Don’t put on airs. Know to say ‘fine’ when your husband rages”. (ÇT/TK)