How did the lawmaker become the love-maker?

It was 1988 and there was literally a “magnificent” Suleiman the Magnificent Exhibition traveling the world. Sultan Suleiman in our history is named “Kanuni” Sultan Süleyman, the law-giver, the law-maker Süleyman. While the entire world has named him Suleiman the Magnificent, in our history and in our minds he has been downgraded to merely being a lawmaker.

This first lady did not speak a word of English but somehow she was scheduled to deliver a speech in English. Also, she was presented in the program as a “graduate of Nişantaşı College” when there was no such school. The closest was the Nişantaşı Girls High School, but she had not graduated from that school either. She must have been a dropout. Sometimes our skills of buttering up officials and their family members reach dangerous levels. We have to keep in mind that not every society can be fooled as easily as ours. The Oriental smartness doesn’t extend beyond the border city of Edirne.

Anyway, this lady who didn’t speak a word of English was given an English text with a Turkish pronunciation guide written alongside. She wanted to show off that she could speak English. One minute. She was supposed to read the text according to the guide without actually understanding it.
When the first lady took the floor and started reading the text, she insistently pronounced “lawmaker” as “love-maker.”