Outrage by the citizens of Turkey and also from other European countries greeted Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s, Turkish Prime Minister, antichoice statement that ‘every abortion is an Uludere’. He was referring to the massacre of 34 civilians last December by the Turkish air force in the village of Roboski in Uludere which was covered in issue 7 of Socialist Voice.
The Prime Minister continued the attack on women’s rights on TV, “During a meeting with the United States I used an expression, and I’m using it again…. I see abortion as a murder, and say to those who oppose this explanation, the media …who always question Uludere, that ‘every abortion is an Uludere’.”
The real murderer is the Prime Minister because he makes a law which that will push people into illegal abortions which will put their lives under risks! The government is seeking to reduce the number of Caesarean births and abortions by limiting still further the 10 week period for legal abortions within 10 weeks.
Thousands of women protested in front of Taksim Galatasaray College demanding ‘Abortion is a right, Uludere is a massacre.’ Women have condemned the conservative Prime Minister as a misogynist and have called on the women of Turkey to own their body and identity.
Women are demanding that the government should be providing free, healthy, protective abortion laws instead of destroying women’s rights. However, the AKP government, who are well known for their religious conservative ways, are making increasing attacks on human rights for the people of Turkey.
It was stated in the UK Independent reported that June 3, thousands demonstrated in Istanbul and “Women of all ages held a lot of banners with slogans including “My body, my choice”, as they marched to the city’s Kadikoy Square.”
{module Propaganda 30 anos}The Turkish Minister of Religious Affairs has said that ‘A mother does not have the right to end lives, she is only a carrier.’
He was reinforcing the Prime Minister’s position and went on to say that Islam says no to abortion! He also said that after the law becomes active there should also be doctors who will make any decision on special circumstances and furthermore that the clergy should be there to ensure the correct decisions is made.
The fight to oppose this law and the fight to expose the Roboski killers is continuing.
