"Mum's the word, men are told
By Suna Erdem
Proverbs that incite violence against women are being deleted from Turkish dictionaries
THE Turkish Language Institute has ordered the removal from its dictionaries of proverbs that incite wife-beating and project women as the “devil version of men”.
The guardian of the Turkish language says that the widely-used phrases depicting women as second-class citizens must not be passed on to new generations. “Our mothers, our wives, our daughters, our sisters are all the most valuable individuals in our society. How can we deny the efforts they invested in us?” said Professor Sukru Haluk Akalin, head of the institute, explaining the ruling."
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