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President Erdoğan's 'red card' anecdote goes viral: He had said 'I never saw one'

AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about the CHP's "red card" campaign, stating, "I have a 20-year football career. I never saw a red card in my life." An interview from 2017, in which Erdoğan recounted receiving a red card once during his time as a player, has now gone viral.

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Following President Erdoğan's criticism of the CHP's "red card" campaign during his address to citizens before attending the 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress of the AKP in Adana, where he claimed he never received a red card during his football career, footage from a 2017 joint broadcast on NTV and NTV Spor in which he describes receiving a red card has gained significant traction on social media.

"ONE TIME"

In the broadcast in question, Erdoğan answers Rıdvan Dilmen's question, "Have you ever seen a red card?" by saying, "One time... It wasn't actually anything very serious, but...

If I recall correctly, we were playing against Yıldız at the Anadolu Hisarı Stadium. I was also the team captain at the time.

I made the protest that comes with being captain. The referee showed me the red card. That is the only red card in my life. There are no others," he replies.