Turkey’s Foreskin Wars
Could male circumcision be an obstacle to Turkey’s EU aspirations?
When my baby boy was taken into the operation room to be circumcised, he was only two days old. I distinctly remember how my heart was torn, and how I could not rid myself of doubt over whether I was doing the right thing as a parent. As an atheist, I did not care about the religious significance of circumcision, but I did not want my son—a half-Turkish boy—to feel excluded from Turkey’s culture.
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