Thousands of women have taken to Twitter and other social networks to mock Turkey's deputy prime minister for his declaration that women should not laugh in public.
The deputy prime minister, Bülent Arınç, gave the speech that sparked the online backlash at an event Monday for Eid al-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of Ramadan. He condemned "moral corruption" in Turkey, and said people had abandoned their values and needed to discover the Quran again.
"Chastity is so important," he said, according to the Hurriyet Daily News . "It is not only a name. It is an ornament for both women and men. [She] will have chasteness. Man will have it, too. He will not be a womanizer. He will be bound to his wife. He will love his children. [The woman] will know what is haram [sinful] and not haram. She will not laugh in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness." Read more...
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