AZG Armenian Daily #088, 09/05/2008

Turkey

PM ERDOGAN’S CALL FOR "MINIMUM THREE CHILDREN PER
FAMILY" AFFECTS FAMILY PLANNING

Remziye Kiymik, the head of Mother-Child Health and
Family Planning Foundation in Antalya said that they
are faced with difficulties in their efforts to
educate families on birth control. She said that many
citizens are saying, "The PM himself tells us that we
should make more children, and you come here to say
the opposite" and they shut their doors to the
educators.

Remziye Kiymik said that the number of people willing
to accept support and assistance in family planning
has been reduced to half, since PM Erdogan’s remarks.