Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was in love with the then Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, former Turkish Ambassador to Libya Uluc Ozulker said, Taraf newspaper reports.

The Turkish Ambassador stressed Gaddafi admired Tansu Ciller and considered her a symbol of a Muslim woman. “Ciller is blond, intelligent clever. She spoke English and Gaddafi considered her a symbol of a Muslim woman,” the Ambassador noted.

Ozulker said that Ciller arrived in Libya on November 2, 1994 through his mediation. “Gaddafi was in love with her and the latter was well aware of it. Gaddafi gave her presents…,” the former Ambassador said.

Tansu Ciller was Turkey’s first female Prime Minister in 1993-1995.