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VIDEO: Poetic prayer makes Erdo?an couple shed tears in Albania

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his wife Emine Erdo?an shed tears on May 13 while a student recited a patriotic, Islamic-toned poem that Erdo?an had recently read on television.

Erdo?an was in the Preza village near the Albanian capital Tirana to inaugurate a mosque during his official visit to the Balkan country. 

Turkey's first lady visits new refugee camp on Syrian border

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s wife Emine Erdo?an visited a refugee camp in Suruç, a town in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa, to mark the official opening of the facility.

The camp hosts Syrian Kurds who have fled their homes in Kobane on the Turkish border after attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who had besieged the town for around five months.

President Erdo?an visits Mecca for pilgrimage

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has performed the Umrah pilgrimage by visiting the holy city of Mecca and its Masjid al-Haram in Saudi Arabia.

Erdo?an arrived in Jeddah?s King Abdulaziz International Airport on Feb. 28, where he was welcomed by Governor Bin Macit and Turkish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Yusun Demir.

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