Melih Gökçek said something about the Queens of the Court that caused a huge backlash.

Former Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek, who occasionally makes headlines with his social media posts and statements, has once again sparked controversy with his latest post.

CONTROVERSIAL POST BY GÖKÇEK

This time, Melih Gökçek targeted our pride, the Women's National Volleyball Team, representing us in the Olympics. Gökçek shared a video featuring Melisa Vargas and Ebrar Karakurt with the words, "If these two LGBT individuals have anything to do with the Turkish National Team, then that volleyball team cannot be considered national... Am I wrong, Twitterverse?" Social media users reacted strongly to this post.

RECEIVING BACKLASH

Gökçek's post received strong backlash from social media users in a short period of time. Users criticized Gökçek harshly with their comments.