Wedding disrupted when mayor falls off horse

The wedding of a mounted policeman in Turkey was disrupted earlier this week when the man officiating the ceremony fell off his horse.

Mayor Hakan Tutuncu was performing the ceremony on horseback at a local riding club in Antalya on Monday (27 September) when he slipped off midway through.

He continued the ceremony for mounted officier Ramazan Toprak from the ground.

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