Turkey’s Erdoğan promises private jet to top cleric, claims falsely that Pope has own plane.

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Turkey’s Erdoğan promises private jet to top cleric, claims falsely that Pope has own plane. (Bugun).

Turkish 'Islamist' President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he would request the ruling government to provide a private jet to the head of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs, Mehmet Görmez, in defiance of criticism caused by his earlier promise to give a Mercedes to the cleric.

In an interview with NTV television channel on Tuesday, Erdoğan said that Mehmet Görmez was a respected Islamic religious leader who deserved the same conveniences as the pope.

Stating that the pope had a private jet, cars and armored vehicles, Erdoğan asked, “the situation at the Vatican is like that, and our religious leader should take scheduled flights?”

Controversy begun when the Hürriyet daily claimed in December of last year that a Mercedes S500 was bought for around TRY 1 million for Görmez's office out of the budget of the Religious Affairs Directorate Foundation (Türk Diyanet Vakfı). In a step that appears to have been taken due to strong public criticism Görmez said that he would return the car.

However, Erdoğan recently announced that his office decided to give a new armored car following the controversy over the previously purchased TRY 1 million car.

Opposing the returning the original car despite an angry reaction from the public, Erdoğan announced during a televised interview aired on one of the pro-government TV channels that one of the armored cars serving the presidency would be given to Görmez, again to much criticism. Hmmmm.....The Pope is also the head of State of the Vatican,....... 'Empty barrels make the most noise'