Angela Merkel’s eulogy was woven on Sunday by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also on the occasion of her recently published autobiography. According to SKAI’s Istanbul correspondent Manolis Kostidis, the Turkish president called the former chancellor “irreplaceable”, while he said he “loved” Gerhard Schröder because he respected him during Ramadan.

“Certainly Merkel had an irreplaceable position. From the moment Merkel left, politics in Germany ended. This is strange. But in Germany a leader that I appreciated and let’s go further, that I loved is Schroeder. The respect he showed us was very different and indeed Schroeder was a good leader. our relations were very different. For example, during the fasting of Ramadan, at the table where I was sitting, Schroeder did not drink beer. He was a man who showed such respect,” Erdogan said.

The President of Turkey in the framework of the “Meeting with Youth” program answering questions about the foreign policy that followed, also said that there are only two leaders left in the whole world, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the shadow of his overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

In particular, when asked about Angela Merkel’s book and diplomatic relations, Erdogan said that:

“Beyond the statements, it is very important to continue the dialogue mechanism with them. We call this diplomatic “attacks”. Continuing these diplomatic attacks. At this time, we are left with only two of the leaders in the world. It’s just me and Vladimir Putin, the other leaders have been eliminated.”