"Give Turkey some European values -- oh, never mind
By H.D.S. Greenway | December 10, 2004
LONDON
FEW ISSUES have roiled the waters of Turkey's march to membership in the European Union as did Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to criminalize adultery last autumn. Perhaps he felt that, after having changed so many laws to suit Europe, he might be free to give a nod to his conservative religious right without censure from the busybodies of Brussels. But no. The reaction from Europe was immediate and indignant. Criminalizing adultery wasn't consistent with European values, and so Erdogan backed down."
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