Turkey’s VP condemns Turkish Cypriot leader over Syria op

[Mingle]

A number of Turkish officials condemned the Turkish Cypriot president early on Oct. 13 over his remarks on Turkey’s ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria.

“I condemn [Mustafa] Akıncı who ignores the fact that Operation Peace Spring is taking place against the bloody terrorist organization PKK/PYD for the stability of region,” said Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Twitter.

“Our struggle in the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation which was carried out with the aim of bringing peace and prosperity to the region and the struggle for Operation Peace Spring in Syria today are being carried out with the same spirit,” he said.

Oktay said Akıncı’s “unfortunate remarks” do not reflect the opinion of Turkish Cypriots.

The spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development Party, Ömer Çelik, also took the issue to Twitter, saying: “The Cyprus Operation Peace was an operation against a murder network and it established peace. Operation Peace Spring is also the fight against terrorism we carry out against a murder network.”

Akıncı took to Facebook on Oct. 12 night to address criticism at home and in Turkey about his silence with regard to Turkey’s military operation.

“Even though we called the offensive in 1974 Operation Peace, it was a war and blood was spilled. Now, even if we say Operation Peace Spring, what is being spilled is not water, it is blood. For this reason, it is my greatest wish that dialogue and diplomacy come into play as soon as possible,” Akıncı wrote on Facebook. Akıncı was referring to Turkey’s Cyprus Peace Operation in 1974.

Akıncı said he had lost his friends like many others during 1974’s offensive and learned what war means from experience.

In 1974, following a coup aiming at Cyprus’ annexation by Greece, Ankara intervened as a guarantor power. In 1983, the Turkish Cyprus was founded.

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tur...yria-op-147448

[Mingle]

Tatar to discuss Akinci resignation Monday, Erdogan says he exceeded his limits (Update 2)

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/10/13/t...imits-update2/

[Turxanthus]

The source of legitimacy isn't just votes. Certainly not the source of power either. How many regiments, brigades, army corps does Akinci have under his command? Does he have a navy in the Eastern Mediterranean? None, nothing. Thus what he says doesn't really matter. It is just his own Leftist opinion which none cares about. Ersin Tatar will most likely replace him next year as President of TRNC.

[Petros Houhoulis]

The source of legitimacy isn't just votes. Certainly not the source of power either. How many regiments, brigades, army corps does Akinci have under his command? Does he have a navy in the Eastern Mediterranean? None, nothing. Thus what he says doesn't really matter. It is just his own Leftist opinion which none cares about. Ersin Tatar will most likely replace him next year as President of TRNC.

This is true, but Akinci is no fool. He has grasped that the Sultan shall fall apart, and he shall take Turkey with him. You haven't figured that yet, because you are a canine...

[Turxanthus]

The Grek barks the caravan moves on.
Again, who is Akinci?

[Evrim]

I wish we didn't save Cypriots. We should have let them being massacred and raped by Greeks. They have no loyalty. We raped them during military campaign too. These are absurd.

[Petros Houhoulis]

The Grek barks the caravan moves on.
Again, who is Akinci?

Nobody really. All of the Turk Cypriots are a bunch of nobodies, tightly controlled by Turkey, and Turkey has no intention of letting them be anything than nobodies...

[Petros Houhoulis]

I wish we didn't save Cypriots. We should have let them being massacred and raped by Greeks.

When were the Greeks massacring and raping the Turk-Cypriots exactly? The clashes between the two communities took place at 1963 and 1967, and they were orchestrated by the Turkish intelligence agency by none other than Denktash, it's Cypriot branch head, as he has admitted publicly. There was no bloodshed between Greek Cypriots and Turk Cypriots from 1967 until 1974. You saved exactly nobody from rape, not to mention that your army massacred and raped many Cypriots, and the canines keep massacring and raping their own people with no end in sight:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_Turkey

One third of all marriages in Turkey are child marriages and one third of women get married under the age of 18.^[1][2][3] Between 2002 and 2014, 504,957 children officially got married at the ages of 16 and 17.^[4] Between 2010 and 2013, this official figure was 134,629. Child marriages affect girls very disproportionately, about 20 times as much as boys; around 129,000 of those involved in child marriages were girls, whilst only 6,000 were boys.^[5] Child marriages involving girls often involve girls that are much younger than boys in child marriages.^[6] In 2012, around 20,000 families filed requests for permission to marry their daughters who were younger than 16.^[1] Between 2010 and 2013, there was a 94% increase in the number of families applying for permission to get their underage daughters (younger than 15) married.^[2] According to a 2013 Hacettepe University report supported by the Turkish government, 7.1% of all girls aged 15-19 were married.^[7] 26% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 reported that they were married as a child.^[8] The actual numbers of child marriages are estimated to be far higher than the official figures as many child marriages take place as unofficial religious marriages, without state authorization.^[9] This figure had decreased from 15.2% in 1998.^[6]

https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/turkey/

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Turkey
Child marriage rates
UNICEF 2017 % Married by 15
1%
UNICEF 2017 % Married by 18
15%
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What's the child marriage rate? How big of an issue is child marriage?

Turkey has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Europe, with an estimated 15% of girls married before the age of 18 and 1% married before the age of 15.
Available data may not be representative of the scale of the issue since many child marriages are unregistered and take place as unofficial religious ceremonies.
Are there country-specific drivers of child marriage in this country?

Child marriage is driven by gender inequality and the belief that girls are somehow inferior to boys. In Turkey, child marriage is also driven by:

• Gender norms: Turkish girls are often valued for their ability to be good wives and mothers rather than succeeding in education. Expressions used to legitimise child marriage are embedded in patriarchal language, including “when girls are in their cradle, their dowry should be ready”.
• Poor birth registration systems: This enables families to marry off their daughters under the radar and without fear of repercussion.
• Displacement: The crisis in Syria and subsequent influx of refugees into Turkey has caused a dramatic rise in child marriages as a survival strategy in camps with limited resources, fragile environments and widespread sexual harassment. A 2014 UNHCR survey revealed that the age of marriage for Syrian refugee girls in Turkey can be as young as 13.
• Violence against girls: A 2017 study shows that many Turkish girls are married off to cover up abuse. Some girls choose to marry in order to escape domestic violence.
• Religion: In 2018, Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs controversially suggested that girls could marry under Islamic law as soon as they reach puberty.
• Trafficking: Some young girls living on Turkey’s border with Syria are reportedly coerced into marrying as second or third wives by commissioners. Girls from Syria have also been lured into exploitative situations by trafficking gangs with the promise of dowries and marriage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42558328

Turkish child marriage religious document sparks anger

• 3 January 2018

Turkey's main opposition party has called for a parliamentary inquiry after the directorate of religious affairs said that, under Islamic law, girls as young as nine could marry.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sur...problem-126103

• January 22 2018 14:13:18

Survey sheds light on severity of Turkey’s child marriage problem

ANKARA

A recent survey carried out by the Women’s Research Center at Ankara’s Gazi University has shed light on the severity of the problem of child marriages in Turkey, with many girls forced into marriages to “cover up sexual abuse,” daily Cumhuriyet reported on Jan. 21.
The survey, which was carried out among 600 girls, including 300 pregnant girls, brought to hospitals, revealed that many of the underage girls forced into marriage come from already difficult backgrounds.
“Before getting married 25 percent of the girls said they had no friends. Twenty percent said they have friends but are not permitted to meet them. Fifty percent have never gone to a cinema or theater. Sixty percent do not have access to the internet. Eleven percent say they do not share their problems with their families. The situation gets even worse after their marriage, with 66 percent saying they are left with no friends at all,” read the survey, undertaken by Associate Professor Selda Sivaslıoğlu.

However, many of the girls reported that they are “happy” with their marriages, believing that they have gained “status” through them under the label of “housewife,” Sivaslıoğlu said, adding that many girls “choose” marriage as the only option left in order to not be an “economic burden” on their families.

Among the interviewed girls, 25 percent got married to relatives. Some 75 percent said they decided to have a baby together with their husband and 78 percent said they and take decisions jointly with their spouse in every matter.
However, the report warned of the “problematic relationship” that many children born of child marriages have with their parents
“As the girls who have been married off are naturally lack knowledge about sexual relations, protection from pregnancy, pregnancy itself, miscarriages, being a mother and infant nutrition, problems arise for the mother, the baby and society,” read the report.
“Child marriage, which is a violation of rights according to international agreements and many international laws, deprive girls of their education and limit them from joining professional life. Complications during the pregnancy and delivery also sometime result in the death of the girls,” it added.

The survey comes after shock over news reports about an Istanbul hospital’s failure to report underage pregnant girls. A social worker at the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul’s Küçükçekmece district recently revealed that the hospital treated 115 pregnant underage girls, including 39 Syrian nationals, between Jan. 1 and May 9 last year. The hospital tried to cover up the pregnancies and did not notify the authorities, which is a legal requirement for the treatment of all pregnant girls younger than 18 years old in Turkey.
Turkish Women Associations Federation (TKDF) head Canan Güllü said such examples are “only the tip of the iceberg.”
She also said child pregnancies are particularly commonly seen among Syrian refugees in Turkey.
“We are currently undertaking extensive research regarding the camps where Syrian refugees are staying, looking into the situation of children and women in these camps. The report that we will prepare will be expose many sexual abuse incidents against refugees,” she added.

They have no loyalty.

Loyalty is important to canines in Turkey, but some prefer to be humans within the Republic of Cyprus and the European Union. Who can blame them?

We raped them during military campaign too.

Rape is something like your national sport. You are raping either you have military campaigns, either if you have not, and if you were stupid enough to sink your own boats at 1974, I'm pretty sure you also raped Turk-Cypriot women at 1974...

These are absurd.

You are absurd, canine! Your ground forces in Syria are ISIS and other Jihadists. They rape dead women as well...