2024-08-03 04:26:56
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he turned down an invitation from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to attend the Paris Olympics because his granddaughter warned him that LGBT rights could be promoted there.
“Macron invited me to the Olympic Games in Paris. My granddaughter said: “Grandpa, don’t go there, they will hold an LGBT demonstration!” She showed me the footage from the opening. I said: “Okay, I won’t go,” Erdogan said, Day.Az reports with reference to ITV.
Turkey’s president said he would complain to the Pope about the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, where organisers showed “disrespect for the entire Christian and Muslim world”.
The organizers came up with a production similar to the “Last Supper”, in which instead of Jesus and his disciples, the participants included a bearded woman and men dressed as women. At the end of the number, a practically naked man, painted blue, appeared on stage, depicting the ancient Greek god Dionysus. The organizing committee later apologized to those who might have been offended by the scenes from the opening ceremony. Many countries criticized the ceremony.
At the same time, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo called the opening ceremony of the Games magnificent, and French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called it a message of freedom.