A London charity network with links to Türkiye, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood has bestowed a humanitarian award on President Erdogan’s wife in what critics alleged was an image-polishing exercise.
The “Changemaker” award was presented to Emine Erdogan at the World Humanitarian Forum for her work championing refugees.
Accepting the prize at the Excel Arena, in east London, on Wednesday, Mrs Erdogan, 64, said that she felt great pride that her country was recognised for its egalitarian approach in “dressing the wounds of the world”.
Her husband’s international policy advocates humanitarianism. Türkiye has sent tonnes of aid to Somalia and Mr Erdogan and his wife have supported the Rohingya, a Muslim minority that has faced genocide in Burma.
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