Human Development Index by European nation 2024

[Tooting Carmen]

Yes.

But only him his party already losing its popularity. AKP got only %35 of the votes in the last election.

Forgive me for asking this: with or without the AKP in power, do you think that Turkey will become the first predominantly Muslim nation to legalise gay marriage?

[Kess]

Forgive me for asking this: with or without the AKP in power, do you think that Turkey will become the first predominantly Muslim nation to legalise gay marriage?

If CHP assumes power, it is possible.

[Tooting Carmen]

If CHP assumes power, it is possible.

Would the Turkish public approve?

[Kess]

Would the Turkish public approve?

Some would approve, some wouldn’t. It’s hard to predict, but I don’t see the legalization of same-sex marriage in Turkey in the near future.

[Tooting Carmen]

Some would approve, some wouldn’t. It’s hard to predict, but I don’t see the legalization of same-sex marriage in Turkey in the near future.

One thing I find droll and ironic is how some MENA countries have more liberal prostitution laws than the UK and US: Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Tunisia. Further, Iran has a practice called 'temporary marriage', which is really prostitution in all but name.

[Kess]

One thing I find droll and ironic is how some MENA countries have more liberal prostitution laws than the UK and US: Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Tunisia. Further, Iran has a practice called 'temporary marriage', which is really prostitution in all but name.

I do not know anything about prostitution laws in those countries, including Turkey, so I can’t make a comment on that.

[Scarface F]

More generally, it seems that the biggest gap is no longer between Western and Eastern Europe, but between EU and non-EU members. For example, the gap between Poland and Belarus (0.080) is bigger than the gap between Germany and Poland (0.069). Similarly, the gap between Croatia and its neighbours Serbia (0.073) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (0.099) is bigger than the gap between Slovenia and Croatia (0.038), and Slovenia itself is identical to Austria. In addition, the gap between Norway and Russia (0.145) is practically identical to that between the US and Mexico (0.146). (OK, Norway is not an EU member as such, but it is an EEA member).

Croatia has very uneven development. I might make a thread about it since I travel a lot for work lately.

Zagreb metro area, Istria, north Adriatic and (parts of) coastal Dalmatia are quite developed and on par with well off parts of Europe. Rest looks much more humble, with region just 50 km southeast of Zagreb called Banovina looking third worldish due to specific historical circumstances and recent earthquake.

[Incal]

One thing I find droll and ironic is how some MENA countries have more liberal prostitution laws than the UK and US: Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Tunisia. Further, Iran has a practice called 'temporary marriage', which is really prostitution in all but name.

Is money involved?

[Italicus]

Is money involved?

Yup. They pay for marriage, do the deed, then divorce. Quite the loophole.

[Flashball]

Forgive me for asking this: with or without the AKP in power, do you think that Turkey will become the first predominantly Muslim nation to legalise gay marriage?

Stop your gay agenda. Thanks.