A photograph of Barack Obama controversy in Turkey

A photograph of U.S. President holding a baseball bat while he is on the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has raised an outcry in Turkey. Diplomacy is sometimes nests where they least expect it. A photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama has reverberated in Turkey . After his telephone conversation Monday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , about the situation in Syria , the White House released a photograph of their exchange. It shows Barack Obama holding in his hand a baseball bat, autographed by the American player Hank Aaron. "The picture reveals that our Prime Minister receives orders to lead the country," Lutfi has blasted Metin Baydar, a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party of Turkey. Vice President of the CHP, Umut Oran, for his part, asked if the head of government had taken measures against this "implicit insult to Turkey and the Turkish people." Faced with this outcry, the spokesman for the White House, Caitlin Hayden, said Friday the reasons for the spread of cliché. "Our only intention in publishing this photograph was to emphasize the close relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan, and draw attention to this important their meeting on the deteriorating situation in Syria, "she said.