Top six polemics of Turkey election: From 'golden toilet' to 'that Mercedes'

If political parties? campaigns for today?s election can be described in just one word, it would probably be ?polemical.? From the claim that President Erdo?an?s palace has golden toilet seats to the purchase of a luxury Mercedes for Turkey?s top cleric, the campaign has been full of polemics. 1) The golden toilet seat at the palace

Rumors that Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has a golden toilet seats at the gargantuan new presidential palace infuriated the Turkish president, who angrily denied the claims and asked the main opposition leader whether he had been cleaning the palace?s toilets. (Click here to read more)

2) Luxury Mercedes for top cleric

Turkey?s top cleric, Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Mehmet Görmez, returned the 1 million Turkish Lira ($435,000) official car that was recently purchased for him, after strong criticism from opposition parties and the public in May. However, Erdo?an then insisted that Görmez should have kept it and sent him another Mercedes from the presidency?s fleet. (Click here to read more)

3) Islam in politics

Erdo?an, who continued to slam the opposition parties during the campaign despite the presidency?s non-partisan position, spoke at a number of public events with a Kurdish Quran in his hand. In May, he asked: ?He [HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta?] comes and says ?Taksim [Square in Istanbul] is our Kaaba.? Our Kaaba is certain. Don?t they [the CHP and the HDP] deserve to be given a lesson on June 7?? (Click here to read more)

4) Deputy PM?s fight with Ankara mayor

In a rare sign of a crack in the ruling AKP, Deputy PM Bülent Ar?nç traded barbs with Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, also an AKP heavyweight...