15 Insults World Leaders Usually don't Make in Public

Turkey's Black Sea Coastline

Usually  insults like these are only made in closed conversations, around back-room tables or in emails that one doesn't expect to have become public.

However, these insults are being made publically, on the stump, as the leader of a country is aiming to keep his government strong in Turkey, wanting to win the next municipal elections.

Such a beautiful country doesn't need ugly epithets; words like these only alienate and cause despair.

Many observers point out that using these insults not only generate hard feelings, they are also making it more difficult for both foreigners and Turks to envision participatory democracy in the future.

Samples of the insults: (First five)

Perverts
Atheists,
Terrorists,
Blood-sucking vampires,
Journalists with dog-collars

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