20.01.2026 11:51
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal. The meeting between the two generated significant buzz in sports and social media.
In the meeting held at the Basketball Development Center opened in recent months, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Shaquille O'Neal played basketball together. After taking shots at each other, they gifted each other the basketballs they signed.
SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
President Erdoğan shared images from the meeting on his social media account. The post included basketball and Turkish flag emojis, while no written statement was made regarding the meeting.
IT BECAME A TREND
The photo of Shaquille O'Neal, who is 2 meters 15 centimeters tall, and President Erdoğan quickly became a trend on social media.
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL'S CAREER
Shaquille O'Neal, who played 16 seasons in the NBA from 1992 to 2011, competed with the teams Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics. O'Neal won three consecutive NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and one NBA championship with the Miami Heat in 2006.