Erdogan
apela aos turcos da diáspora na Europa para terem cinco filhos
Lusa 17 Mar, 2017,
15:52 / atualizado em 17 Mar, 2017, 16:49 | Mundo
O presidente turco,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, apelou hoje aos turcos da diáspora na Europa
para formarem famílias com pelo menos cinco filhos, considerando que
seria "a melhor resposta" face "às injustiças"
que enfrentam.
"Educai os
vossos filhos nas melhores escolas, assegurai-vos que as vossas
famílias vivam nos melhores bairros, conduzam os melhores
automóveis, vivam nas melhores casas e façam cinco filhos, e não
apenas três. Porque vocês são o futuro da Europa", declarou
Erdogan, num discurso em Eskisehir, sul de Istambul.
Erdogan emitiu estas
declarações no decurso de um comício de campanha para o referendo
constitucional de 16 de abril destinado a reforçar os poderes
presidenciais.
"Esta será a
melhor resposta às injustiças contra vós", acrescentou.
Erdogan tem vindo a
denunciar sistematicamente as discriminações de que, na sua
perspetiva, são vítimas os turcos, e de forma geral os muçulmanos,
na Europa, desde o início de uma crise diplomática com diversos
países europeus, em particular a Alemanha e Holanda, após a
proibição imposta a ministros turcos de participarem em comícios
no âmbito do referendo de abril.
A diáspora turca da
Europa inclui milhões de pessoas, e cerca de 2,5 milhões têm
direito de voto nos escrutínios turcos.
O presidente turco,
pai de quatro filhos, tinha já exortado em 2016 as mulheres turcas a
terem pelo menos três filhos, suscitando críticas dos militantes
pelos direitos das mulheres.
Erdogan
calls on Turkish families in Europe to have five children to protect
against 'injustices'
Raf Sanchez,
eskişehir
17 MARCH 2017 •
6:34PM
Turkish president
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkey’s citizens in Europe to
step up their rates of procreation and have five children each,
saying a booming Turkish population would be the best answer to the
EU’s “vulgarism, antagonism, and injustice”.
Nearly a week after
a diplomatic row between erupted between Holland and Turkey, Mr
Erdoğan continued what has become a daily ritual of hurling fresh
antagonism towards Europe in front of cheering crowds of his
conservative supporters.
Speaking in the
central city of Eskişehir, Turkey’s president urged “his
brothers and sisters in Europe” to begin a baby boom in their new
countries. “Have not just three but five children,” he told his
flag-waving audience.
“The place in
which you are living and working is now your homeland and new
motherland. Stake a claim to it. Open more businesses, enroll your
children in better schools, make your family live in better
neighborhoods, drive the best cars, live in the most beautiful
houses.”
The message was
addressed to the 1.4 million Turkish voters who live in Germany, as
well as the large Turkish populations in Holland, Austria, Bulgaria
and the UK.
Watch | Tensions
rise between Turkey and the Netherlands
01:03
Mr Erdoğan is in
the midst of a closely-fought referendum campaign in which he is
asking voters to grant him sweeping new powers that would potentially
let him stay in office until 2029.
He appears to have
decided that the diplomatic confrontation with Europe will help rally
his base and found news ways to stoke the argument each day, from
calling the Dutch government “Nazi remnants” to accusing Germany
of harbouring terrorists.
His rhetoric has
been amplified by the Turkish media, which is mostly supportive of
the government.
The tabloid
newspaper Güneş ran a front page cartoon of German chancellor
Angela Merkel dressed in a Nazi uniform with the headline “Lady
Hitler” on Friday, while Takvim republished a photograph of a
Turkish man in Rotterdam being bitten by a Dutch police dog.
There are not yet
any reliable polls ahead of the April 16 referendum, making it
difficult to gauge whether his strategy of amplifying the
confrontation with Europe is working.
But speaking in the
snowy street of Eskişehir, his supporters said they were enraged by
the treatment of Holland and other European countries which have
stopped Turkish ministers from holding Yes vote rallies in their
territory.
“The EU has lost
us and they have lost big time,” said Necmettin Yildirim, a manager
in a construction company who turned out for Mr Erdoğan’s rally.
“With their behaviour they have lost a country as developed as
Turkey.”
Turkish ministers
have said several times in recent weeks they were thinking about
tearing up a deal with the EU to stop migrants and refugees from
Syria heading to Europe.
Germany’s
government said Friday there was no sign that Turkey was actually
letting people through and that it expected the deal to hold.
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