Poroshenko Puts Erdogan To Sleep At Press Conference in Kiev

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan dozed off during Ukrainian President Poroshenko's speech. It happened at a joint press conference.

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan dozed off during Ukrainian President Poroshenko's speech. It happened at a joint press conference. The footage was released by Sputnik Türkiye agency.

 

It shows the politician closing slowly his eyes and then falling asleep completely. Journalists point out Poroshenko was likely to notice what was happening, and loudly knocked on the table to wake Erdogan up. The day before the Turkish leader had arrived in Kiev on an official visit.