Mr. Erdogan’s feminism
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan loves women, but he doesn't consider them equal to men. The main reason is that they get pregnant and that pregnancy is 'an obstacle to equal opportunity in the workplace.' Mr. Erdogan said this during a conference on justice and rights for women in Istanbul, last Monday. I imagine him walking through his brand new presidential palace with its 1000 rooms (yes, 1000!) and dreaming of the harem this place could become. A thousand women, all pregnant, all unequal or at least unable...