When Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, takes away a man's smokes

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, was recently traveling on business. Several onlookers approached him to greet him as he exited his vehicle. A man carrying a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket was among the spectators. The leader of the Islamic-conservative state promptly seized the cigarette pack upon spotting him. The individual in issue is a cab driver, according to many reports. The Turkish president has previously taken similar actions. He saw a man smoking on a cafe terrace in Istanbul's Esenler neighborhood in 2014. However, this is forbidden under Turkish legislation. The culprit was fined €30 when Erdoğan, furious, requested the help of the local police.

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