QUIRKY WORLD ... President dares opposition to find his gold toilet

Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the main opposition party leader to inspect the toilets in his lavish, 1,150-room palace after the politician claimed it had gold-plated toilet seats.

Erdogan’s office extended the invitation following accusations by secular party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and other opposition parties of excessive spending of taxpayers’ money by the president on luxuries.

Erdogan told state-run TRT television that he would resign if Kilicdaroglu found a gold-plated toilet seat at the €567m palace. He also challenged Kilicdaroglu to resign if none is found.