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2004-09-17 Europe

Turkish ruling party lawmakers insist on criminalizing adultery

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Posted by Fawad 2004-09-17 11:37:35 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nice Secular government you have there Murat.

Posted by Charles 2004-09-17 1:15:29 AM|| 2004-09-17 1:15:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So whatever happened to the agreement that only bipartisan proposals would be voted on?

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-09-17 2:34:08 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-09-17 2:34:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice Secular government you have there Murat.
That's called democracy Charles, every party has right to sent a motion of a bill, this will be voted and I personally think it will be almost impossible that such a bill can pass.

Posted by Murat 2004-09-17 2:54:25 AM|| 2004-09-17 2:54:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 That's called democracy Charles, every party has right to sent a motion of a bill, this will be voted and I personally think it will be almost impossible that such a bill can pass.

But my question is why the people would vote into office a ruling party that tries this, regardless of whether it passes or not. Some AKP members seem to be pushing for the start of Sharia law in Turkey. There's really no reason for them to attempt this other than they see it as un-Islamic. And if the people don't like this, why did they vote into office the politicians who support it in the first place?

I could be completely wrong too, but perhaps you could outline the Political situation with this among the parties quick? I would be interested in hearing your POV Murat.

Posted by Charles 2004-09-17 9:27:09 AM|| 2004-09-17 9:27:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, Charles, the party in question, the AKP-party got many protest votes (after many economic and political blunders the other parties made) that made the AKP the ruling party. The AKP is a center conservative party which now and then makes this kind of controversial backward bill proposals, most of them don't pass the parliament.

My regard of the AKP is that she does remarkably well at economic issues, but the part I don't like is that she looks sometimes anti-secular.

Posted by Murat 2004-09-17 11:10:19 AM|| 2004-09-17 11:10:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Murat,

More importantly, how does the Turkish military view proposals like this?

Posted by Dreadnought 2004-09-17 11:41:05 AM|| 2004-09-17 11:41:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 God is truly great. Get those harlots!

Posted by BigEd 2004-09-17 1:51:18 PM|| 2004-09-17 1:51:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Nothing wrong with this provision. Marriage is a public institution. Adultery destroys that institution, harms the betrayed spouse and certainly the children, and spreads disease, abortion and illegitimacy -- all of which have high social costs. It seems to me that a society that does not punish adultery is backwards -- promoting a primitive and selfish attitude towards sexuality that has done nothing but cause harm to everyone involved, including the society at-large. Promotion of adultery is no more "enlightened" than smoking crack, prostitution, and killing unborn children.

Posted by bkderwood 2004-09-17 3:00:03 PM|| 2004-09-17 3:00:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Mike, hark! A mature Anatolian Murat! Rare indeed these days.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-17 4:45:28 PM|| 2004-09-17 4:45:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 in a joint two-party package of penal code reforms

Heh he he, he said penal...

Posted by Butthead 2004-09-17 7:47:02 PM|| 2004-09-17 7:47:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Adultry is better controlled by treating your wife like a human not a possession and keeping her happy. Why make a rule which we all know will only lead to abuse of women. Case in point is the Hudood ordinance passed in Pakistan, by which if a married woman gets raped and cannot produce witnesses to prove it she gets stoned to death for adultry. You let the Islamists grab your finger very soon they will want the whole arm.

Posted by Fawad 2004-09-17 7:51:45 PM|| 2004-09-17 7:51:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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