Erdogan was already at her wedding party when she was still in Brussels parliament: who is the Belgian who became minister in Turkey?

Turkish President Recep Erdogan surprisingly appointed a Belgian woman as Minister of Family Affairs this weekend. Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş (41) entered Belgian politics very young and caused controversy there, but has also been a confidant of Turkey’s most powerful man for years. Erdogan was even there at her wedding. Was it written in the stars that he would one day bring her to Ankara?

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