[Cherie]

A law which would allow men accused of having sex with girls who are under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims is set to be introduced to parliament in Turkey.
The controversial so-called “marry-your-rapist” bill, which lawmakers are planning to introduce to Turkish parliament at the end of January, has sparked fury among women’s rights campaigners in the country.
Critics argue the legislation, which the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is urging the government to axe, not only legitimises child marriage and statutory rape but also paves the way for child abuse and sexual exploitation.
A similar bill was defeated in Turkey in 2016 after national and global outrage. The legislation would have only pardoned men if they had sex without “force or threat'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...cid=spartanntp

[bitontheslide]

speechless

[Kate!]

Oh god. How horrendous. And Barbaric.

[arista]

Turkey like a Evil Muslim Nation
now

[Oliver_W]

Jeez, that's more disgusting than Pakistan's refusal to ban child marriage for being "blasphemous".

[parmnion]

Well I hope they know they can't behave like that if they come here.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

A law which would allow men accused of having sex with girls who are under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims is set to be introduced to parliament in Turkey.
The controversial so-called “marry-your-rapist” bill, which lawmakers are planning to introduce to Turkish parliament at the end of January, has sparked fury among women’s rights campaigners in the country.
Critics argue the legislation, which the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is urging the government to axe, not only legitimises child marriage and statutory rape but also paves the way for child abuse and sexual exploitation.
A similar bill was defeated in Turkey in 2016 after national and global outrage. The legislation would have only pardoned men if they had sex without “force or threat'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...cid=spartanntp

Bloody hell , talk about backwards thinking.

[Marsh.]

This world deserves to burn.

[Strictly Jake]

Oh my!

[Elliot]

What the ****

[Liam-]

*Prince Andrew books some flights*

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

*Prince Andrew books some flights*

The world is getting seriously ****ed up, I can tell because I'm starting to feel like I'm one of the sane people.

[Ammi]

...we always think things like...’we could never go back there’...’that could never happen’...progression, progression etc...but sadly, there is so much that is regressing in the world atm...this is horrendous, obviously it’s horrendous...and yet it’s still something that’s happening and that in itself matches that level of horrendous...

[Ammi]

...it made my thoughts go to this as well...

Youtube video

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...it made my thoughts go to this as well...

Youtube video

Strikes me that he doesn't even actually believe what he's saying here, he just knows that it's what his supporters want to hear, that's why he's struggling to make any concrete statement about his stance.

Turkey, on the other hand, is an absolute mess now. I take it they've completely abandoned their desire to access the EU? Because laws like this obviously mean they have absolutely no chance of entering, but they were still talking about it as recently as late 2018 IIRC.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...we always think things like...’we could never go back there’...’that could never happen’...progression, progression etc...but sadly, there is so much that is regressing in the world atm...this is horrendous, obviously it’s horrendous...and yet it’s still something that’s happening and that in itself matches that level of horrendous...

100% agree Ammi :/

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...we always think things like...’we could never go back there’...’that could never happen’...progression, progression etc...but sadly, there is so much that is regressing in the world atm...this is horrendous, obviously it’s horrendous...and yet it’s still something that’s happening and that in itself matches that level of horrendous...

That's far right for you. They've gained a foothold and try to roll back the progress. A culture war.

They will lose though. They always do in the end.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

That's far right for you. They've gained a foothold and try to roll back the progress. A culture war.

They will lose though. They always do in the end.

Not soon enough, I've been saying for years it's happening here by stealth. Now there is a tory majority again I've noticed regressive views and decisions are ramping up in the news since the election.

[Niamh.]

Submisive women are great apparently. . .

[Jigs]

Byeeeeeeee

Stop the world I wanna get off

[arista]

"it made my thoughts go to this as well"

Whats that got to do whith a Strict Muslim
Nation like Turkey?
Thats before he Won the Election

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

"it made my thoughts go to this as well"

Whats that got to do whith a Strict Muslim
Nation like Turkey?
Thats before he Won the Election

So what it's relevant to the debate, stop trying to stifle the conversation on women's rights across the globe. If a member thinks something warrants a mention then it's not for you to attempt to police the thread.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So what it's relevant to the debate, stop trying to stifle the conversation on women's rights across the globe. If a member thinks something warrants a mention then it's not for you to attempt to police the thread.

I can never Police any thread
How Absurd.
I was nearly Banned - the other day

I have stated
Turkey has gone Strict Muslim
it is backward step.
Their Leader is a good mate of Russia's Putin.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

I can never Police any thread
How Absurd.
I was nearly Banned - the other day

I have stated
Turkey has gone Strict Muslim
it is backward step.
Their Leader is a good mate of Russia's Putin.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

I can never Police any thread
How Absurd.
I was nearly Banned - the other day

I have stated
Turkey has gone Strict Muslim
it is backward step.
Their Leader is a good mate of Russia's Putin.

Well that's what it looked like to me, how can we advocate progression when the west is in retrograde?
You were nearly banned... Has dezzy reclaimed his hammer?