AKP MP claims violence “is a feeling given to us by God”

The statements of the AKP MPs during the meeting of the committee in the Turkish Parliament to investigate violence against women hit the headlines. AKP Konya MP Hacı Ahmet Özdemir claimed that violence is “a feeling given to us by God”.

News Center-  The statements of the AKPs during the meeting of the committee in the Turkish Parliament to investigate violence against women reveal their thoughts about women.

Yesterday, Turkish Education Minister Ziya Selçuk made a speech during the meeting. AKP Konya MP Hacı Ahmet Özdemir began to speak in order to ask a question to Ziya Selçuk. Hacı Ahmet Özdemir claimed that violence is a feeling given to us by God, “Violence is a feeling, characteristic, and thought, etc. that Allah gives people. Even if we dream of a world without violence, we cannot practice it.”

In previous days, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık made a speech during a meeting of the committee and said, “Violence against women has increased at a tolerable level during the pandemic.”