US EditionTurkiye’s Erdogan Declares Population Crisis, Blames LGBT ‘Fascism and Oppression’ for Falling Birthrate
- On May 24, 2025, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the years 2026 to 2035 as a special period focused on family and population growth during the International Family Forum held in Istanbul, aiming to combat Turkey’s declining birthrate.
- Erdogan linked the decline, with fertility at 1.48 children per woman well below the 2.1 replacement rate, to cultural causes and criticized the LGBT movement as a form of fascism and oppression.
- He emphasized government initiatives aimed at addressing population decline, including promoting larger families with three or more children, enhancing child support benefits, and creating an Institute of Family to guide family-related policies.
- Erdogan emphasized that the current situation is more than just a number; it serves as a serious alert that demands immediate action. He also highlighted that over half of the countries worldwide now have fertility rates below the level needed to sustain their populations.
- The announcement signals a long-term shift toward demographic policy focusing on family support amid broad cultural debates and demographic challenges facing Turkey.
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AlKhaleej TodayTurkiye’s Erdogan declares population crisis, blames LGBT ‘fascism and oppression’ for falling birthrate
ISTANBUL, May 24 — In a bid to tackle Turkey’s falling birthrate, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on yesterday announced the “decade of the family”, and again lashed out at the LGBT community as “deviant”. “The period between 2026 and 2035 has been identified as the decade of family and population,” said Erdogan in opening the International Family Forum in Istanbul. “Our country is facing a great danger: Turkey’s birthrate for the first time in o…
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While Turkey saw its birth rate fall to 1.51 children per woman at the beginning of 2025, a level well below the generation renewal rate set at 2.05, the Turkish President had named 2025 "the year of the family" last January. As the situation was far from improving five months later, Recep Tayyip Erdogan overcommitted on Friday, 23 May, stating that the authorities would mobilize for "the decade of the family and the population" at the Internati…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a "Family Decade" yesterday to counter the decline in birth in Turkey, re-critical of the "LGBT Version" AFP. "We declare the period 2026-2035 as the Family Decade and the...
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