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TURKEY'S ERDOGAN SAYS BIRTH CONTROL 'TREASON' AGAINST TURKISH LINEAGE
11:28, 23 December, 2014
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has
described birth control as a form of "treason," saying it threatened
the country's bloodline.
As reports "Armenpress" citing Reuters, Erdogan urged a newly married
couple at their wedding late on Sunday to have at least three children
to help boost Turkish population figures, a common refrain from the
president, who worries a declining birth rate may undermine economic
growth.
"For years they committed a treason of birth control in this country,
seeking to dry up our bloodline. Lineage is very important both
economically and spiritually," he told the couple after serving as
their witness at the wedding. A video of the speech was posted on
the mainstream Radikal news website.
Last month, Erdogan, a devout Muslim, said it was unnatural to
consider women and men equal and said feminists did not understand
the importance of motherhood. In 2012, he sought to effectively outlaw
abortion, but later dropped the plan amid a public outcry.
Erdogan regularly faces criticism for an authoritarian style of rule
after 11 years in power.
Turkey's population growth has been slowing in recent years and
the live-birth rate hovered at 2.07 percent last year, according to
official statistics.
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11:28, 23 December, 2014
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has
described birth control as a form of "treason," saying it threatened
the country's bloodline.
As reports "Armenpress" citing Reuters, Erdogan urged a newly married
couple at their wedding late on Sunday to have at least three children
to help boost Turkish population figures, a common refrain from the
president, who worries a declining birth rate may undermine economic
growth.
"For years they committed a treason of birth control in this country,
seeking to dry up our bloodline. Lineage is very important both
economically and spiritually," he told the couple after serving as
their witness at the wedding. A video of the speech was posted on
the mainstream Radikal news website.
Last month, Erdogan, a devout Muslim, said it was unnatural to
consider women and men equal and said feminists did not understand
the importance of motherhood. In 2012, he sought to effectively outlaw
abortion, but later dropped the plan amid a public outcry.
Erdogan regularly faces criticism for an authoritarian style of rule
after 11 years in power.
Turkey's population growth has been slowing in recent years and
the live-birth rate hovered at 2.07 percent last year, according to
official statistics.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/788933/turkeys-erdogan-says-birth-control-treason-against-turkish-lineage.html