ERDOĞAN TO WORLD: “AFEDERSİNİZ, BEN BİR BÜYÜK EŞEĞİM...”

Or, literally "pardon me, I am a big jackass...I cannot control the idiotic things I say and do."

During my time in office I have:

Threatened to send the Turkish Navy to Gaza,

Led the world in the imprisonment of journalists.

Accepted funds from Iran for my re-election campaign.

Eroded Turkey's secular foundation.

Threatened to demolish a Turkish - Armenian Friendship Statue.

Note from author - I am still very fond of the majority of Turkish people and Turkish culture.