A man who may undoubtedly be a most loyal person, has done a rather unprecedented thing to his wife because she insulted the president and changed channels when he came on TV.
Ali Dinc
In a rather extreme display of layalty, a Turkish truck driver, Ali Dinc, is suing his own wife for insulting the nation’s president.
He told reporters that she would say “unspeakable obscenities” whenever President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared on television, despite knowing that it bothered him.
The latest incident occurred a few days ago during one of Erdogan’s televised speeches. Ali repeatedly warned his wife Gülcan not to curse the man, but she did it anyway and even dared to change the channel, earning his wrath.
The wife apparently went ahead with the insults, telling Ali to “record and lodge a complaint” if it upset him so much. So he did just that – he recorded the insults as evidence and then lodged a complaint with prosecutors in Izmir city.
“I kept on warning her, saying why are you doing this?” he said, speaking to Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak. “Our president is a good person and did good things for Turkey.”
“Even if it is my father who swears against or insults the president, I would not forgive him and I would file a complaint,” he added. “I would do it again. I loved her, but I don’t love her anymore. If she’d only have insulted me, I could have accepted that. But I can’t accept her insults against Erdogan.”
Gülcan was not one to go quietly though – in response to her husband’s complaint she filed for divorce. The couple have been married only three years.