Cockroaches ‘forced’ Turkish President Erdogan’s move to lavish palace

AP ^ | 6/6/2015

[markomalley]

Turkey’s President has defended the controversial construction of a grandiose new presidential palace, saying his old office was infested with cockroaches.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of squandering state resources when he was Prime Minister by building the 1,150-room palace, which critics say was illegally built on protected land. In the run-up to Sunday’s parliamentary elections, opposition parties have criticised the expenditure.

[House Atreides]

And Erdogan is himself the biggest cockroach.

[IronJack]

There’s a lot of that going around. Our executive mansion is infested with cockroaches too. Some of them have six legs ...

[ExCTCitizen]

We got cockroaches in the White House, the Obama’s.

[ExCTCitizen]

We both said the same thing almost at the same time. 😊

[4yearlurker]

Okay...where's the pic of Al Pacino from "Scarface?"

[ryderann]

I sense an interesting, but severe, finale for this guy in the future.

[txrefugee]

Guess they don’t have the Orkin man in Istambul. But I can sympathize. We have cockroaches in the White House and are stuck with them for 32 more weeks. (It sounds shorter that way, doesn’t it?)

[PLMerite]

[GOPJ]

WOW - Hillary’s soulmate...

[S.O.S121.500]

Thought cockroaches were considered a delicacy over there......

[markomalley]

Thought cockroaches were considered a delicacy over there......

Sheep brains are...but not cockroaches so much.

[US_MilitaryRules]

The election is in November 2016. Try about 86 weeks.

[logi_cal869]

Confused: Why would Erdogan force himself to move?
/s

[Organic Panic]

A $5 can of raid just isn’t good enough for the Turkey...

[SunkenCiv]

...accused of squandering state resources when he was Prime Minister by building the 1,150-room palace, which critics say was illegally built on protected land.