He remained on his feet for a while during his meeting with Erdogan, Leeyen talks for the first time about the embarrassing moment

Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan had gone through a embarrassing moment during his meeting with European officials.

In fact, Turkey's first state had met weeks earlier with the two European Union presidents, but a difficult moment was when the woman among them remained standing.

A video of leaders gathered in a meeting-room in Ankara showed Erdogan and European Council President Charles Michel sitting in a chair while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seemed uncertain about where to sit.

After all, it was offered a beige couch about 12m away in front of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who ranks a degree of lower status in the typical diplomatic protocol.

For the first time on this subject, Leeyen has spoken as he said that my “vision in Turkey showed how far we have to go before women are treated as equal. Always. Everywhere”.

My history became headlines. But there are so many stories of women, most of them much more serious, not respected. We have to make sure these stories are also told!”, she wrote on Twitter.

In Ankara, she reiterated her concerns about Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.

“We will submit legislation to prevent and combat violence against women and children, online and offline “, Leen confirmed by adding “because we have to make sure that women and girls are adequately protected in Europe”.