The European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Monday that she felt hurt and alone during a meeting with Turkey’s president earlier this month and that she was treated poorly simply because she is a woman. She said that fortunately cameras were present at the meeting and that the images made headlines around the world, but she said that many women's experiences went unrecorded.

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