Erdogan does not find women equal to menTurkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has triggered a new controversy by declaring women are not equal to men, the Guardian reports.He also said that feminists fail to understand the special status that Islam attributes to mothers.At a meeting in Istanbul dedicated to the subject of women and justice, Erdogan said: “You cannot put women and men on an equal footing. It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. Their constitution is different,” the Guardian quotes him as saying.
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has triggered a new controversy by declaring women are not equal to men, the Guardian reports.
He also said that feminists fail to understand the special status that Islam attributes to mothers.
At a meeting in Istanbul dedicated to the subject of women and justice, Erdogan said: “You cannot put women and men on an equal footing. It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. Their constitution is different,” the Guardian quotes him as saying.
