Television footage showed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s motorcade stopping on Istanbul’s busy Bosporus Bridge, at a spot where a man was apparently contemplating suicide.
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The man was then seen conversing with the president, who dissuaded him from taking his life after making some calls to authorities and ordering them to help, the semiofficial Anadolu News Agency reported.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office says Erdogan has talked a man out of jumping off a bridge.
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Erdogan’s armored presidential vehicle was parked on the other side of the bridge – which is closed to pedestrians – with the traffic flowing in a single lane. After a few moments, the man can be seen kissing Erdogan’s hand.
The man had come to Istanbul from the eastern city of Siirt and was experiencing severe depression, Turkish news reports said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, talked Vezir…
According to estimates, dozens of people on average attempt to commit suicide every year on the two Bosphorus bridges in Istanbul.
President Erdogan shakes hands with the man about to allegedly jump.
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Erdogan gave instructions for officials to solve the man’s problems before driving off.
