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The Turkish capital's eccentric mayor has held his promise and removed a controversial Transformers-esque robot statue ?only to replace it with a large dinosaur figure.

The mayor of Turkey?s capital has challenged a U.S. State Department spokesperson by referring to a pro-government media report that slammed her as ?stupid blonde.?

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has accused Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek of having private camera recordings of his party friends, which have allowed him to stay mayor for a long period of time. 

Gökçek, from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said on April 26 he will file a lawsuit against Demirta? and called on him to prove his claims. 

The Turkish capital?s eccentric mayor has announced the municipality will install a dinosaur statue to replace the controversial Transformers-esque robot at a road intersection in the city, because it ?got on the leftists? nerves.?

Turkey?s Chamber of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB) has filed a criminal complaint against Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek over his controversial decision to erect a ?Transformers-esque? statue in the Turkish capital.

TMMOB?s Ankara branch head Tezcan Karaku? Candan told daily Hürriyet on April 8 that Gökçek ?wasted taxpayer?s money.?

At a time when he is under fire both within his party and from the opposition, the Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek has erected a ?Transformers-esque? statue near Turkey?s new presidential palace.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has tried to silence the polemic between Bülent Ar?nç and Melih Gökçek by saying, ?They are both wrong.?

It is understandable for a party leader to silence such a polemic as general elections are approaching. However, it is not possible to understand his consideration of a cabinet minister as equal to an outsider.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has actually prevented Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek's disappearance.

The polemic between Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç and Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek is over, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has declared, vowing zero tolerance for those in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) conducting in-house quarrels in public ahead of the parliamentary elections.

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç has admitted that his harsh public accusations against Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek were wrong but that he had to protect his personal rights, even as he warned the mayor that he would lose if he goes to court.