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| The Grand Turk |
| Top religious body investigates mufti’s comments on women who don’t wear the headscarf |
| 2017-09-23 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) launched an investigation against a mufti over his sexist comments insinuating women who do not wear the headscarf were like "products sold at half price" on Sept. 22. The investigation came after Mehmet Yazici, the mufti of the Marmara province of Kocaeli’s Gölcuk district, likened women without headscarves to products sold at half price in a post on his Facebook account. "Display products whose packages are opened are sold at half prices in stores," he wrote. Yazici, who has been the district’s mufti since 2013, deleted his post immediately after drawing anger from social media users. His remarks ignited wider tension over social media, with many users accusing the mufti of degrading women who do not wear the headscarf. Daily Hurriyet columnist Ertugrul Özkök described the man as "insensitive." "Men or women are not products which can be displayed and sold," he wrote in a column. The remarks also come after similar derogatory comments toward women who do not wear the headscarf at a symposium in Istanbul on Sept. 4. Emine Merve Akyuz, a speaker at a symposium held by Akademya Magazine and the Üskudar Municipality, compared women without headscarves to peeled tomatoes. "Moslem women have to be covered. Nobody wants to buy a peeled tomato. In this sense, veiling also protects women’s essence and shape," she said, also drawing harsh reactions over social media. |
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