Erdoğan's aircraft convoy on Asia tour sparks controversy: Toggs transported by cargo plane!

President Erdoğan embarked on a 4-day visit to Malaysia, Pakistan, and Indonesia with 3 planes.

According to the report in Sözcü, while Erdoğan and his family traveled on the Boeing 747-8 type plane gifted by the Emir of Qatar, Airbus planes belonging to the Presidency were allocated for the delegation members.

TOGG BRAND VEHICLES TRANSPORTED BY CARGO PLANE

In addition, Togg brand vehicles, which were gifted to the leaders of the countries visited, were transported by a cargo plane.

MINISTERS WERE ALSO THERE

Erdoğan was accompanied on this trip by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy, National Defense, Industry, Agriculture, and Trade, as well as many other prominent figures.

ERBAŞ WAS ALSO IN THE DELEGATION

The delegation also included the President of Religious Affairs, Ali Erbaş, who is often criticized for his frequent overseas trips and expenditures.

RTÜK President Ebubekir Şahin, Defense Industry Agency (SSB) President Haluk Görgün, Council of Elders Chairman of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, Chief Advisor on Foreign Policy Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and Bilal Erdoğan also participated in the trip.

HIS TRIP TO THE US WITH 5 PLANES HAD BEEN CRITICIZED

Erdoğan had drawn criticism last July for traveling to the NATO summit in the US with 5 planes, one of which was a cargo plane.

İYİ Party Group Deputy Chairman Turhan Çömez had said, “The President created a convoy in the air.”

The leaders of NATO's new members, Sweden and Finland, had traveled to the meeting together on the same plane so as “not to be wasteful.”