Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chided a promising young footballer for having a tattoo on his wrist and warned him that such foreign-inspired body art could give him skin cancer.

In a video circulated on social media websites, Erdogan is shown to tell the 18-year-old player Berk Yildiz: “What are these tattoos? Why do you harm your body?”

“Don’t be fooled by foreigners. God forbid, it could even give you skin cancer in the future,” Turkish Prime Minister said.

Yildiz promised him that he would remove his tattoo, while the other players were trying not to laugh out loud.