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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the idea of emancipation of women through greater financial independence by saying that women who trade the role of a mother and a housewife for a career, are “half-persons.”
“A woman who abstains from maternity by saying ‘I am working’ means that she is actually denying her femininity.
“A woman who refuses maternity and gives up housekeeping faces the threats of losing her freedom. She is lacking and is a half [a person]
"I would recommend having at least three children,"
In 2014 Erdogan sparked outrage when he told a women’s rights conference that men and women are not equals and that treating them as such was “against nature.”
Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) based its political platform on conservative Islamic traditions and uses religious justifications to advocate values and policies.
Two other Islamic conferences were held in Mecca (1926) and Jerusalem (1931), but failed to reach a consensus.[78]
Turkey did not accept the re-establishment of the caliphate and perceived it as an attack to its basic existence; while Mustafa Kemal and the reformists continued their own way.[80]
On 8 April 1924, sharia courts were abolished with the law "Mehakim-i Şer'iyenin İlgasına ve Mehakim Teşkilatına Ait Ahkamı Muaddil Kanun".[81][82] The removal of the caliphate was followed by an extensive effort to establish the separation of governmental and religious affairs.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: trollz
Really, who cares?
It's their country, he's the president, let'em live the way they want to.
I'm really surprised at the degree of cultural intolerance these days. Erdogan, Turkey, Muslims......its their culture to live as they please. They aren't hurting us and can't compel us to wear the hijab or have babies or whatever.
Get over it.
originally posted by: Dr UAE
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: trollz
Really, who cares?
It's their country, he's the president, let'em live the way they want to.
I'm really surprised at the degree of cultural intolerance these days. Erdogan, Turkey, Muslims......its their culture to live as they please. They aren't hurting us and can't compel us to wear the hijab or have babies or whatever.
Get over it.
from my view point you are right.
you see no one understands us these days , its not like Islam forbids women from working , you have to look at it from different sides , i personally believe that not all jobs are for women , im all for women who work or practice special rare and important jobs , like doctors, nurses, chemists, teachers in all kind of subjects, physics etc. lots of professions that you can hardly find who can handle in our part of the world at least.
but when it come to a normal job in a government or any other job who both genders can handle , i prefer that a man who should take that job , and my reason is that in this way we will reduce unemployment , this man who took the job will feed his house , women who will not work normal jobs will help other men to feed their families.
take me as an example, as a husband my wife didnt like the idea of working because i was the one who was working and helping financially , but she did the best part of my life , and that is raise my kids, the first girl graduated as an interior designer and she just got married ( i call her my special one ) my son went to police academy and just graduated and became a Lieutenant , my other daughter also graduated with business administration degree , my youngest son this year joined another police academy and hopefully will follow his brother after three years.
guess what , i give my wife 90% credit for this , why you ask ? because she was there 100% for them while i was working all those years , this is the mother that i hoped for and thats what got and i thank God for that.
mothers are important in the house , they create good reliable generations , they are there for their kids all the time.