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Breaking the baby strike
The Economist ^ | Jul 25th 2015

Posted on 08/15/2015 10:59:43 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

“THERE are no families with many children in this area any more—they all have one or two,” says Hasibe Enc, who lives in the small, affluent city of Urla in western Turkey. That is irksome for her, since she runs a kindergarten called Pink Dreams. But it is also a crisis for Turkey—or so the national government believes.

Although it is the youngest country in Europe, Turkey is no longer delivering enough babies to sustain its population in the long term. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its president, rails against abortion and tells women to bear at least three children. To sweeten these vinegary exhortations, the government is introducing “birth aid” payments for each baby born to a citizen and longer parental leave for civil servants.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: turkey

1 posted on 08/15/2015 10:59:43 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Turkey is no longer delivering enough babies to sustain its population in the long term.

A good thing. Fewer Muslims, the better.

2 posted on 08/15/2015 11:01:50 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: FatherofFive

They can import plenty from other Muslim nations.
Places like Yemen have a very high fertility rate.


3 posted on 08/15/2015 11:05:35 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: MinorityRepublican

My desire is the the Kurds continue to vastly “out reproduce” the ethnic Turks who have been (and continue to be) their oppressors. Pay backs will be hell.


4 posted on 08/15/2015 11:05:43 AM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: FatherofFive
but the problem is worse for Western societies particularly America, well, at least the old timey America....

solutions?

well we could take all porn off of the computer,eliminate it from tv and music and magazines and make young men actually WOO a woman and actually perform real sex acts on a real woman... I know, I know, so much work and effort when its so easy in front of your computer....

and we could give having a baby a huge tax advantage for the mother and if married for both mother and father....gee, getting people to actually marry instead of shacking up would not be a bad idea...

5 posted on 08/15/2015 11:07:12 AM PDT by cherry
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Sweet irony—the Turkish immigrants in Europe had no problem spitting out kids.


6 posted on 08/15/2015 11:08:02 AM PDT by antidisestablishment (I was mad when they changed Republican states to Red, but I now I see they were right.)
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““THERE are no families with many children in this area any more—they all have one or two,” says Hasibe Enc, who lives in the small, affluent city of Urla in western Turkey.”

The key word is “affluent”. That seems to correlate strongly with low childbirth rate.

Turkey is becoming more affluent. I was just in Istanbul and was surprised at the level of economic activity - lots of high rises going up.


7 posted on 08/15/2015 11:08:09 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: cherry
and make young men actually WOO a woman and actually perform real sex acts on a real woman...

I understand porn has actually hurt sex in the younger crowd - men have been become conditioned to bizarre acts, instead of a loving and intimate relationship.

8 posted on 08/15/2015 11:10:02 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: MinorityRepublican

At least they talk about the problem in places like Russia and Turkey. Not a word of it here. Instead, we import people to displace us. People would have a cow if you actually encouraged White women to have more children.


9 posted on 08/15/2015 11:15:14 AM PDT by rbg81
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To sweeten these vinegary exhortations, the government is introducing “birth aid” payments for each baby born to a citizen and longer parental leave for civil servants.

The LAST people I want having more children is welfare recipients but Civil Servants are a close second.

Children often follow in their parents footsteps in their professions.

The last thing the world needs is civil servant dynasties.

We need fewer not more people on the government payrolls.

So I think this is a great idea for ISIS.

Come to think about it, the Leftist are always whining about population control but mention limiting the number of children a welfare mother can have and suddenly birth control is bad.

10 posted on 08/15/2015 11:26:26 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: cherry

>>well we could take all porn off of the computer,eliminate it from tv and music and magazines and make young men actually WOO a woman and actually perform real sex acts on a real woman...

...so she could 1) kill your baby because it is an inconvenience 2) have your baby and “move on”, making sure that you are “out of the picture” except on the 1st of the month when that child support check is due.

But do not fret, the Millenials do perform real sex acts on real women. It’s called a “hook-up”. No dating involved. Just make friends with some female and get some sex, no strings attached.

But, if you find that perfect woman and decide to woo her, she will decide that you are “too needy” and will FriendZone you in a heartbeat so she can run off and give oral sex to some unemployed scumbag from the club. But she will keep coming back to you to ask, “why can’t I find a guy like you. You’re such a good friend.”

Seriously, it isn’t men who have abandoned pursuing women. Its women who no longer deserve to be pursued. Dr Laura wrote a book about in 25 years ago and it is much worse today than it was then.


11 posted on 08/15/2015 11:34:49 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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Yep, that’s what it is like to date in the U.S. during the 21st Century.


12 posted on 08/15/2015 11:44:56 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: FatherofFive

Beat me to it!


13 posted on 08/15/2015 11:47:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Half the Turks are living in Germany!

If Turkey does run out of young people, maybe we can ship them a few million Mexicans.

14 posted on 08/15/2015 12:17:10 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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Sure....and the Turks can make sex slaves out of them.


15 posted on 08/15/2015 2:35:44 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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