“Masquerade” in the Palace
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas in his presidential palace with a ceremony.
Due to extreme cold weather conditions, the ceremony was held indoors along with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states.
Following the ceremony, Erdoğan and Abbas also had a souvenir photo with the soldiers.
16 Turkish states?
Hunnic Dynasty (BC 220-BC 216), Western Hunnic Dynasty (BC 48-AC 216), Europe Hunnic Dynasty (375-469), White Hunnic Dynasty (420-552), Göktürks (552-745), Avar Khaganate (565-835), Hazars (651-983), Uyghurs (745-1368), Karahanlı State (840-1212), Ghaznavids (962-1183), Seljuq Dynasty (1040-1157), Khwarazmian Dynasty (1097-1231), Golden Horde (1236-1502), Timurid Dynasty (1368-1501), Mughal Empire (1526-1858), Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) (EKN/BM)
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