Very often we hear about the coupling of european culture with Turkey.
The research that we mention is characteristic of the mentality of Turkish population, and the Islamic way of life in Turkey
39% of the women in Turkey, believes that their husbands have the RIGHT TO BEAT THEM when they deserve it, as recorded in a research made by the university of Hatzetepe of Ankara..
Behaviours that are punished with beating are: "their refusal to make sex, the neglect of children, the waste, the disobedience to the husband and the burn of food" In the research participated 8000 women, 50% of which admitted that had been beaded, for one of the above reasons, in Eastern Turkey, while in advanced western Turkey the corresponding percentage was 33%!
THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF REPULIC OF FRANCE AND CHAIRMAN OF SYNTACTIC COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION
VALERY GISCARD D�ESTAING
SAYS NO TO TURKEY
VALERY GISCARD D�ESTAING
TURKEY IS NOT PART OF EUROPE
Valery Giscard D'Estaing, the former French president and chairman of the European Union's constitutional council, caused a stir by saying in Le Monde on Nov. 8 that Turkey's entry into the EU ''would destroy Europe.'' The following excerpt from a longer interview with Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels in February, 2000, shows Giscard's long-standing view.
PARIS -- The way the Turkish question has been handled by the EU seems to me unrealistic. Almost no one among the European leaders is ready or willing to accept Turkey as a full member of the European Union. Moreover, it is unfair to the Turks to lead them to believe there is a good chance for them to join.
There are two reasons that make it impossible. First, except for Istanbul, Turkey is not located on the European Continent, but mainly in Asia. Second, if we start admitting countries not located in Europe, by which criteria do we reject membership by any state? If we want to have a real, deep integration, it must be with people of comparable conditions, politically, economically and culturally, all located on the European soil.
Look at Morocco. Like Turkey, it is very close to Europe. We have a lot of friendly links. We want to establish a special relationship with North Africa. But no one has seriously suggested that Morocco join the EU.
I don't see how Turkey, though one of our most important neighbors, is any different from Morocco in an historic sense: It is simply not historically consistent for it to belong to Europe.
I know America keeps pushing Europe to accept Turkey. But what would they say if Europe suggested that Mexico become the 51st state of the United States?
