Erdoğan declares birth control ‘treason’

[Böri]

After expressing his staunch opposition against abortions, C-sections and morning-after pills, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has now tackled the contraception issue by declaring that it was “treason to the country,” in remarks that are likely to revive controversy on reproductive health.

“They betrayed this country for years by [promoting] birth control and attempting to dry up our [next] generations,” Erdoğan said.

Addressing the bride and groom at the wedding ceremony of the son of businessman Mustafa Kefeli on Dec. 21, he advised the newlyweds that using contraceptive methods was a betrayal to Turkey's ambition to make itself a flourishing nation with a growing young population.

“One [child] would be strange, two means rivalry, three means balance and four means abundance. And God takes care of the rest,” he said, relating ostensible words of wisdom from an elderly man in the Central Anatolian district of Beypazarı.

Erdoğan – who has two sons and two daughters – has drawn the ire of feminist groups for declaring that every woman should have at least three offspring, before informing the populace last month that women were not equal to men.
Erdoğan has previously suggested limits to abortion rights, the morning-after pill and Caesarian sections. He stood clear about slamming contraception, while criticizing women’s attempts to deter pregnancy.

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[TheForeigner]

As if there aren't enough Turks already or rather too many. Birth control is needed there to lower the high birth rate.

[Böri]

As if there aren't enough Turks already or rather too many. Birth control is needed there to lower the high birth rate.

There is imbalance between ethnic groups. Turks can become minority in their country. He also say years ago there is genocide attempt against Turkish nation. If Turkey was 50 million and homogene he wouldnt say this I think.

[TheForeigner]

There is imbalance between ethnic groups. Turks can become minority in their country. He also say years ago there is genocide attempt against Turkish nation. If Turkey was 50 million and homogene he wouldnt say this I think.

Kurds are the ones multiplying like rabbits?

[Böri]

The Kurds are 15 millions and very high birth rates yes. Other groups not so many but Kurds very high. In 40 years this country name can change as Turks become less than 50%.Turks are now 45-50 million but future not bright because Turkish women dont want many babies.

[TheForeigner]

http://www.capital.ro/natalitatea-la...ni-131358.html This Romanian mainstream press article claims Gypsies have on average 2.5 times as many babies as ethnic Romanians.

[Fear Fiain]

The Kurds are 15 millions and very high birth rates yes. Other groups not so many but Kurds very high. In 40 years this country name can change as Turks become less than 50%.Turks are now 45-50 million but future not bright because Turkish women dont want many babies.

... and nothing of value was lost

[TheForeigner]

Even President Bsescu says they are having too many babies and Romanians should have more.

[TheForeigner]

I mean the former president, since now the current newly elected president is the ethnic German Klaus Johannis.

[Böri]

http://www.capital.ro/natalitatea-la...ni-131358.html This Romanian mainstream press article claims Gypsies have on average 2.5 times as many babies as ethnic Romanians.

In Turkey this is taboo and medias cant speak about this. Only Kemalist revue Turkish Left publish their study and there was contoverse. The name of study was the Kurdish invasion. In 100 years Kurds multiply 7 times. And today they multiply at least more than two times more high than Turks. Turkish women in Black Sea and Central Anatolia have 3 children average but in Aegean, Marmara and Thrace this is negative birth rate for Turks.