Erdogan’s party fomenting cultural war ahead of Turkey’s elections

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Erdogan’s party fomenting cultural war ahead of Turkey’s elections
Officials have targeted the LGBTQ community and want to guarantee a woman’s right to wear a headscarf.
By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
Published: NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his allies are ratcheting up rhetoric on socially conservative values ahead of what is expected to be his toughest election in his nearly 20 years in power. Erdogan has suggested changing the constitution to guarantee a woman’s right to wear a headscarf and to protect families from “perverse trends,” which activists and analysts believe is aimed against the LGBTQ community. On Saturday, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu compared the LGBTQ community to terrorism and contended that the top opposition party’s leader would allow same-sex marriage.

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