Ali Kemal: London Mayor and Crude Limerick

ali kemal: The former London mayor is the great-grandson of the Ottoman Empire's last interior minister, Ali Kemal, and his ancestry has been a source of pride for many Turks, according to Nine News Australia. Despite his sometimes disparaging remarks about Turkey, including a crude limerick about President Tayyip Erdogan and demands in 2016 that Britain veto Turkey's accession to the European Union, Johnson is affectionately referred to as Boris the Turk by some Turkish media. To improve your experience update it here News World Turks welcome 'Ottoman grandson' Johnson By AAP10 26pm Jul 24, is celebrating incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson's Turkish heritage, with politicians and media proclaiming that the Ottoman grandson could strengthen ties between two countries on Europe's fringes. Ottoman grandson becomes prime minister, read a front-page headline of the opposition newspaper Sozcu. Like Johnson, his great-grandfather was a journalist who went into government, a move that proved ill-fated. For England, a prime minister with roots in Cankiri, it said, referring to Kemal's home province in central Turkey. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.