Venezuelan leader Maduro wears accessories from TV series on founder of Ottoman Empire

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Photos of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wearing accessories from the Turkish TV series Diriliş Ertuğrul (Resurrection Ertugrul) has been shared on Twitter. 

The producer and screenwriter of the series, Mehmet Bozdağ, on May 18 shared on Twitter two photographs of Maduro wearing the hat “bork” and a Turkic ring and holding a Kayı flag associated with the series.

“Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is following Dirilis Ertugrul with admiration, has sent us a greeting. We thank the honorable Maduro for this kindness,” Bozdağ wrote along the photographs.

Diriliş Ertuğrul is a historical drama about the founder of the Ottoman State, Ertuğrul Gazi.

It is being aired on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and it is the channel’s most popular TV series to date.