Erdogan intimidating his people, especially women, with ‘moral values’
‘Our religion has defined a position for women: motherhood,’ says Turkey’s would-be sultan.
By Zvi Bar'el | Nov. 28, 2014 | 12:28 PM | 3
“Paradise lies at the feet of mothers,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week, waxing lyrical. “I would kiss my mother’s feet because they smelled of paradise.”
But Erdogan, who was addressing an Istanbul conference on the status of women, had a different message for any women who imagined their president had come to praise their abilities. “You cannot put women and men on an equal footing,” Erdogan said. “It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. ... Our religion has defined a position for women: motherhood. Some people can understand this, while others can’t.”
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