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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:11 am

Some of these arguments sound really familiar to me ... Smile

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy on Monday, declaring that women are not equal to men and accusing feminists of not understanding the special status that Islam attributes to mothers.

Addressing a meeting in Istanbul on women and justice, Erdogan said men and women are created differently, that women cannot be expected to undertake the same work as men, and that mothers enjoy a high position that only they can reach.

"You cannot put women and men on an equal footing," Erdogan said. "It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. Their constitution is different."

Erdogan added: "Motherhood is the highest position ... You cannot explain this to feminists. They don't accept motherhood. They have no such concern."

Lawyer and women's rights activist Hulya Gulbahar said Erdogan's comments were in violation of Turkey's constitution, Turkish laws and international conventions on gender equality and didn't help efforts to stem high incidences of violence against women in Turkey.

"Such comments by state officials which disregard equality between men and women play an important role in the rise of violence against women," Gulbahar said. "Such comments aim to make women's presence in public life — from politics to arts, from science to sports — debatable."

Erdogan, a devout Muslim, often courts controversy with divisive public comments. He has previously angered women's groups by stating that women should bear at least three children and by attempting to outlaw abortion and adultery.

He raised eyebrows this month by declaring that Muslims had discovered the Americas before Christopher Columbus.

http://news.yahoo.com/erdogan-women-not-equal-men-141047433.html
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Post by Eilzel Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:18 am

I can imagine him sipping tea with tommy monk haha

Seriously though the sooner Erdogan is done with Turkish politics the better. He is moving dangerously closer to making Islam a more prominent force in Turkish politics, he was as PM and now President. He flies against the ideals Turkey has been built on since Ataturk.
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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:05 am

Eilzel wrote:I can imagine him sipping tea with tommy monk haha

Seriously though the sooner Erdogan is done with Turkish politics the better. He is moving dangerously closer to making Islam a more prominent force in Turkish politics, he was as PM and now President. He flies against the ideals Turkey has been built on since Ataturk.

Was thinking the same thing Smile
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