Yemen folk song moves Turkish president to tears

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is on an official visit to Yemen, has attended the opening of Shahid Park.

As the Turkish newspaper Vatan reports, Gul burst into tears upon listening to a Yemen folk song.

Defense and Foreign Ministers Vejdi Konul and Ahmet Davutoglu, who were accompanying the president, were also unable to stifle their tears, the paper says.