[Hurriyet Daily News] A deputy from the Republican People's Party (CHP) has called on ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's top holy man to resign unless the latter justifies a shortage of 23 million Turkish Liras in the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) budget, daily Hurriyet has reported.
At a presser in the Turkish parliament in Ankara, CHP Istanbul deputy Eren Erdem called on Diyanet head Mehmet Görmez to resign if he cannot account for the shortage, which was spotted by the Court of Accounts but was described by the Diyanet as a "mistake."
"The head of the Diyanet should immediately resign if he cannot account for this," Erdem said on Oct. 5.
"The Diyanet has become a reflection of a paralyzed state order. Is 23 million liras a small amount? Has the lack of that money even caused a slight twinge of conscience in the Diyanet head," he added.