Obama to Turkish Parliament: Okur, Turkoglu Can Play

Found April 06, 2009 on FreeDarko:

PLAYERS: Mehmet Okur

(starts at 6:00)In what must have been the first reference to an NBA player by an American president speaking before a foreign parliament, Obama just wrapped up a speech to Turkey's assembly wherein he both denied that the U.S. is at war with Islam, and gave a shout out to Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu."As a basketball fan, I’ve even noticed that Hedo Turkoglu and Mehmet Okur have got some pretty

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