The presidency of the European Commission was not prepared to be said to show the difference in EU and Turkey, at the time the two sides wanted to reach each other close together.

On April 6, the European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen was surprised that Turkey did not prepare her chairs like President Erdogan and Chairman of the European Council Charles Michel, during the visit of the two

Finally, she had to sit on the sofa on the side, lower than the chair of two men.

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"The protocols that survive are to avoid controversy," said Ian Lesser, director of the German Marshall Fund in Brussels, said.

Twitter users in Europe show unseptics by sharing the keyword "Prepare her seat".

But this incident also reflects that the European Union is unable to establish a unified Front when working with important neighbors, and the applicant becomes a member of the Block.

"The Commission President is clearly surprised," Eric Mamer, a spokesman for Von Der Leyen, said.

He added that Ms. Von Der Leyen, the first woman to hold the Chairman of the European Commission, "wishes to the organization that Mrs. Representative is treated with the appropriate protocol. She asked her a real team

Michel was criticized by many people because he did not respond to or did not give his place to Ms. Von Der Leyen.

Sophie in't Veld, the Dutch Legislature at the European Parliament, was sarcastic Michel by posting Erdogan's meeting with European Council Presidents and the previous European Commission, Donald Tusk and Jean-

Many people wondered whether this was an unintentional or arranged protocol error, because Mr. Erdogan often liked dramatic situations.

"Both sides have errors", Asli Aydintasbas, experts from the European Foreign Relations Council, commented.

"The preparation of lack of chairs is an easy-to-understand result when Erdogan lives in a political environment that all men and the EU is over by the Turkish President," she added.

(From left) Chairman of the European Council Charles Michel, Turkish President Erdogan and Chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the meeting in Ankara on April 6.

Nigar Goksel, the leading expert on Turkey in the international crisis group, said the incident happened to "bad times", when Turkey recently withdrew from the Istanbul Convention.

According to the data of the United Nations Women's Agency, 38% of Turkish women were born at least once in his life and every 10 people were more than one person with domestic violence in the past 12 months.

The incident on April 6 also took place in the critical time in Turkey's relationship with the European Union.

Lesser said that Turkey obviously did not see how this problem would create an effect.

Ms. Von Der Leyen "seized the opportunity to emphasize female rights related issues in general and Istanbul Convention in particular in the meeting," Mamer, her spokesman, said.