Erdoğan made a comparison between CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and former Republican U.S. presidential hopeful and Texas Governor Rick Perry, by stating, "One is from Texas and the other from Ankara, however Turkey is all 'Greek' to both."

"Is it even possible for there to be a main opposition party leader who complains about his country when abroad and who denigrates the nation's economy? In Brussels they say we are number one in the world when it comes to the current deficit. What is the difference between Rick Perry, the U.S. Presidential hopeful who made ignorant remarks regarding Turkey and the chairman of our main opposition party? The difference is this, one lives in Texas and the other from is in Ankara. For one Turkey is unfamiliar to them from Texas and for the other the same from Ankara.

Kılıçdaroğlu is trying to play the hero. However, he has 13 records. Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu, were you unaware of these records? When did your heroics stop? There is no such thing as being a part-time hero. They are using one record to head to the gallows. What a profound calculation. In this country, CHP has only ever gone to the gallows for one reason and one reason only. And that is to place rope around an innocent person's neck. This is your past.

You see the CHP group walks to the Speaker's Office and and they all request for their immunity to be lifted. They also don't know the law. If someone didn't have a record in their name their immunity wouldn't be lifted to begin with."