Yahoo – AFP,
29 July 2015
Ankara (AFP) - Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday ignited a new row over discrimination against women in Turkish politics when he told a female deputy who tried to interrupt his speech to "as a woman, be quiet!".
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| Turkish Minister Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc speaks on July 29, 2015 in Ankara (AFP Photo/Adem Altan) |
Ankara (AFP) - Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday ignited a new row over discrimination against women in Turkish politics when he told a female deputy who tried to interrupt his speech to "as a woman, be quiet!".
Deputy
premier Bulent Arinc made the remark while speaking during an emergency debate
in parliament over the government's military intervention against jihadists in
Syria and Kurdish militants in Iraq.
Justifying
the decision to attack Kurdish militants in Iraq, his comments were loudly
mocked by members of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), including
female lawmaker Nursel Aydogan.
"Madam
be quiet! You as a woman, be quiet!" shouted Arinc in the debate broadcast
on live television, growing increasingly irritable as he struggled to make his
words heard.
The
incident spawned immediate outrage online, with Turkish women posting angry
comments under the Twitter hashtag #BirKadinOlarakSusmayacagiz (as women we are
not going to be silent), which began trending nationwide.
"Woman
are quiet in their politics but unquiet women will teach them democracy,"
tweeted @Ozgurlugedogru.
The hashtag
#KadinDusmaniArinc (Arinc is an enemy of women) also gained popularity.
The HDP and
also the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) demanded an apology
from Arinc.
"We as
the CHP strongly condemn the sexist, discriminatory and humiliating comments
violating women's rights," said CHP deputy leader Selin Sayek Boke.
"Making
such a comment under the roof of parliament is unacceptable. We invite him to
apologise," she added.
This is
hardly the first time Arinc has been in hot water over comments deemed sexist.
In July
2014, he sparked an outcry by declaring that women should not laugh loudly in
public. This prompted viral videos and pictures of Turkish women laughing in
defiance.
The HDP's
Nursel Aydogan, the target of Arinc's outburst, said: "I don't take it
personally. It is an insult against all women including their own (ruling
party) lawmakers."
"Mr
Arinc should leave aside this sexist approach," said Pervin Buldan,
another female HDP lawmaker.
Critics
have repeatedly accused the ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party
(AKP) -- which Arinc helped co-found along with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
-- of eroding women's rights.
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“…5 - Integrity That May Surprise…
The Unthinkable… Politics, A Review
Humans will begin to search for integrity and fairness and it's going to happen in the places you never expect. I said this last week, so this is a review. There'll come a time when you will demand this of your politics - fairness and integrity. So when the candidates start calling each other names, you will turn your back on them and they won't get any votes. They're going to get the point real fast, don't you think? How about that?
Let me give you another potential. This country that I sit in right now [USA] will set the mold for that particular attribute. I have no clock. Watch for the youngsters to set this in motion, and they will, for they are the voters of tomorrow and they do not want the energy of today. To some of them, it's so abominable they won't even register to vote in this energy. You're going to see this soon. That was number five.. ..."
Humans will begin to search for integrity and fairness and it's going to happen in the places you never expect. I said this last week, so this is a review. There'll come a time when you will demand this of your politics - fairness and integrity. So when the candidates start calling each other names, you will turn your back on them and they won't get any votes. They're going to get the point real fast, don't you think? How about that?
Let me give you another potential. This country that I sit in right now [USA] will set the mold for that particular attribute. I have no clock. Watch for the youngsters to set this in motion, and they will, for they are the voters of tomorrow and they do not want the energy of today. To some of them, it's so abominable they won't even register to vote in this energy. You're going to see this soon. That was number five.. ..."
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