Alex is too modest to write about it himself but he enjoyed more than 15 minutes of fame in Turkey last week as he surprised local dignitaries and press by asking the prime minister a question in Turkish (during David Cameron’s visit). The moment has even been turned into a cartoon by a national newspaper.
Here is a link to the cartoon:(don’t ask me to translate)
And here is a video clip of Mr Barker’s moment in the sun.
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