Lindsay Lohan Meets With Turkish President Erdogan and Syrian Refugee Bana Alabed
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[quote]Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a break Friday from dealing with his country's domestic issues to meet with actress Lindsay Lohan and Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Syrian girl who attracted worldwide attention by tweeting about life in war-torn Aleppo.
Alabed -- who has been living in Turkey since she was evacuated from Aleppo on Dec. 19 -- tweeted a Periscope video with Lohan, writing, "look who I am with ... I have a new friend Lindsay Lohan."
In the 30-second video, Lohan, 30, says, "We want to send to all of the people in Syria and Aleppo suffering and all of the refugees that we are here supporting you and you can hang on, be strong, just like Bana has, and we’re sending you lots of love and light and blessings."
Alabed then says to Lohan, "I love you," to which the actress responds, "I love you too."
Lohan also posted a photo on Instagram Friday of herself with Alabed, Erdogan and his wife Emine, writing, "What a dream it is for Mr. President Erdogan and The First Lady to invite me to their home. Their efforts in helping Syrian Refugees is truly inspiring." Lohan also tagged President Donald Trump in the photo's caption.[/quote]
[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lindsay-lohan-meets-turkish-president-erdogan-syrian-refugee/story?id=45107189[/url]
[quote]Bana rose to fame after documenting on Twitter her daily life in rebel-held East Aleppo, with the help of her mother.
The seven-year-old recently penned an open letter to new US President Donald Trump, asking him to open the country to refugees.
Ms Lohan became a film star aged 11 when she starred in Disney's The Parent Trap, but her career has been marred in recent years by a series of scandals.
Rumours began circulating this week the actress may have converted to Islam, after she was spotted in Turkey wearing a hijab.
The actress also appears to have deleted all of her posts on Twitter and Instagram, changing her bio on the latter to read "alaikum salam", which means "peace be upon you" in Arabic.[/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38775242[/url]
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Interesting meet up. My family have met her before so I thought this was interesting.
Yes, of all the meet ups, this one is interesting.
Nice PR job for the Turkish prez
Right after Erdogan takes even more power.
Maybe she will be the Dennis Rodman to his Kim Jong Un
[URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-parliament-vote-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-more-executive-powers-a7529046.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=Nanamil;51742880]Nice PR job for the Turkish prez[/QUOTE]
Yeah, if you fired 100 000 people for "alleged ties to coup-makers" as well as deteriorating rights for the people you are ruling over then yeah this is a nice PR job to distract people.
I don't understand how this is even news.
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[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51742891]Yeah, if you fired 100 000 people for "alleged ties to coup-makers" as well as deteriorating rights for the people you are ruling over then yeah this is a nice PR job to distract people.[/QUOTE]
How do you feel about Trump warming up to Turkey btw
[QUOTE=Raidyr;51742915]I don't understand how this is even news.[/QUOTE]
stuff can be a butterfly effect, could be a dennis rodman or something else. World politics is a tricky thing and weird things can go weird places then be a moot blip.
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;51742919]How do you feel about Trump warming up to Turkey btw[/QUOTE]
I think you should always warm up Turkey.
Oddest collab ever.
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51743186]I think you should always warm up Turkey.[/QUOTE]
I prefer cold myself, at least when it's going on a sandwich in thin slices.
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