Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a witness at the wedding party of member of Istanbul Provincial Parliament Filiz Altun and Sukru Murat Akaycan.

Before handing the marriage certificate to the couple, Turkish Premier stressed men do not keep the certificate properly and gave it to the bride.

Erdogan advised the newlywed to have at least 3 children. “For years, some forces have been trying to dry up roots of Turkish people and making every effort to make Turkish nation old. Taking into account birth-rate growth, age of 60% of Turkish population will be under 65 by 2037. This is the reason I advise my brothers to be consistent with the matter. I repeat this at every weeding party,” Recep Edogan noted.