Obama's BFF Turkish PM Erdoğan storms out of Council of State speech over 'rudeness'

Obama's BFF Turkish PM Erdoğan storms out of Council of State speech over 'rudeness' (HD).

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walked out in fury from a speech by Union of Bars head Metin Feyzioğlu on after accusing Turkey's top lawyer of being "rude" in a speech criticizing the government's performance.

"What you're saying is wrong," Erdoğan said near the end of the speech by Feyzioğlu, who was speaking on the occasion of the 146th anniversary of the Council of State in Ankara.

"What am I saying that's wrong, Mr. Prime Minister?"

Feyzioğlu asked in reply, prompting Erdoğan to angrily say: "This kind of rudeness is impossible."

"I'm not the one who's being rude, Mr. Prime Minister," the bar head said.

Erdoğan had become incensed at Feyzioğlu for criticizing the government's failure to provide permanent settlement to the survivors of the 2011 Van earthquakes, with the bar head noting that many people were still living in rudimentary conditions in shipping containers.

Rising from his seat to leave, Erdoğan said: "You don't have the legal right to say this. Unfortunately, because of the law, we give a platform to things like this. You're making a political speech ... Everything you said about Van is a lie."

President Abdullah Gül attempted to calm Erdoğan, to no avail.

Finishing his speech, Feyzioğlu said, "I haven't been rude, and I'm not so bold as to tell anyone that they are being rude, Mr. Prime Minister. My speech was very inclusive."

Speaking after the incident, Feyzioğlu said: "I'm saying let's embrace each other. The prime minister stood up and made extremely saddening comments that superseded the limits of respect by an unfathomable level."Hmmmm......The future President of Turkey in his 'Natural habitat'