We should all be ashamed over this - an article by Semih Idiz
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hatred for Turkey’s progressive and educated youth took a quantum leap forward after the Gezi protests. He is now taking this hatred a step further by means of calumny designed to sully the reputation of this youth by insinuating that they are involved in sexual deviancy and immorality.
This is the only interpretation one can give to his declarations about young male and female students living together in flats or dorms, as I and most of my friends did during our university days. Erdoğan says no one knows what goes on in these flats and dorms, and therefore it is incumbent on the state to act.
He is even saying he will instruct provincial governors and officials to act on this. Not surprisingly, many students and their parents are now worried about police raids on student lodgings in the name of morality.
Claiming, incredibly, that he is not interfering in lifestyles, Erdoğan argues that he is doing all of this for the sake of concerned parents after authorities received countless complaints. Erdoğan also said they are a conservative party and need to act in this way. Read more
This is the only interpretation one can give to his declarations about young male and female students living together in flats or dorms, as I and most of my friends did during our university days. Erdoğan says no one knows what goes on in these flats and dorms, and therefore it is incumbent on the state to act.
He is even saying he will instruct provincial governors and officials to act on this. Not surprisingly, many students and their parents are now worried about police raids on student lodgings in the name of morality.
Claiming, incredibly, that he is not interfering in lifestyles, Erdoğan argues that he is doing all of this for the sake of concerned parents after authorities received countless complaints. Erdoğan also said they are a conservative party and need to act in this way. Read more
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