Şahan Gökbakar responds to Şevki Yılmaz for insulting Atatürk: 'Know your place!'
Former Welfare Party MP Şevki Yılmaz drew backlash for insulting Atatürk while attending the wedding of Berna Sultan Osmanoğlu, the 4th generation granddaughter of Abdul Hamid II. Şahan Gökbakar was among those who harshly criticized Yılmaz, commenting, 'Know your place a little!'
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Events at the wedding ceremony of Berna Sultan Osmanoğlu, daughter of Orhan Osmanoğlu—the 4th generation grandson of Abdul Hamid II—and Yiğit Onur Kaya, held in Beykoz, Istanbul, have left a mark on the agenda.
One of the couple's wedding witnesses was former Welfare Party MP and Yeni Akit columnist Şevki Yılmaz. Taking the microphone, Yılmaz said, "I curse the bastards who exiled the Ottomans."
Şevki Yılmaz's remarks targeting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms drew significant backlash on social media.
Comedian and actor Şahan Gökbakar responded to Şevki Yılmaz's "bastards who exiled the Ottomans" remark by saying, "No one exiled them... He was afraid, he wrote a letter to the occupying British he sought refuge with, and then he boarded a British ship on foot and fled the lands where he was Sultan. Know your place a little!"