As indicated by AFP, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan He is a supporter of the so -called natural births. Meanwhile, according to data from 2021, Türkiye has The highest indicator of imperial cuts among 38 OECD countries. World Population Review statistics indicate that it was in 2021 that 584 such treatments were performed on 1000 live births.
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The debate on births started last weekend at the beginning of the Super Liga football match between Fenerbahce and Sivassapor. The players of the second club entered the pitch carrying A huge banner supporting the initiative of the Ministry of Healthaimed at promoting natural births.
This movement caused rage among opposition politicians, doctors and organizations dealing with women's rights.
“As if the country had no other problems, male players tell women how to give birth. Do not interfere in the affairs of women with your ignorance … Keep your hands away from women's bodies” – wrote Gokce Gokcen, vice -chairman of the main opposition party CHP on X.
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In January, Erdogan announced that 2025 will be “family year”thus trying to solve the problem of a falling fertility rate in Turkey, which in 2023 reached a historically low level 1.51.
Erdogan has repeatedly suggested that women have At least three children. On Saturday, in turn, he strongly criticized those who looked at the initiative of footballers with an unfavorable eye.
“There was no insult, no criticism, no disrespect for anyone on the banners, nothing that could offend women. Why does it bother you that our ministry encourages natural births?” he asked his opponents.
Finally, he also stated that at a time when the fertility rate is anxious, “there is no time for similar nonsense” and assessed that The decrease in the population is a “threat much more serious than war”.