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Erdogan says Presidency allocated new armored car for top Diyanet imam ‘as gesture’. (TZ).
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that his office decided to give Religious Affairs Directorate President Mehmet Görmez a new armored car as a gesture following a controversy over a previously purchased TL 1 million car for the top imam.
The president, who became personally involved in the controversy by opposing Görmez returning the car in the face of public reaction, announced during an interview aired on a pro-government channel on Thursday that one of the armored cars serving the Presidency will be given to Görmez.
“We, the office of the president, decided to do this -- giving something which befits the post of the Religious Affairs Directorate president -- as a gesture following the rudeness against our Religious Affairs Directorate president,” Erdoğan said. The car initially purchased for Görmez was not armored.
In separate remarks, Erdoğan said that most of those "who are putting forward this slander" are using Mercedes vehicles. "What is so wrong with our grand Religious Affairs Directorate president using such a car for his official duties?” Erdoğan had said in a rally in the eastern province of Van. Hmmmm.....Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Compare to the car the Pope was using in 'Islamist' Turkey!
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Couldn't resist; suits perfect saga of Religious directorate's return of Mercedes+Erdogan's insisting he keep it. pic.twitter.com/kIkZl5tvJA
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