A website explaining Darwin\u2019s evolution theory is blocked for children based on new internet filters, daily H\u00fcrriyet reported. The website is inaccessible for users applying a \u201cChildren Profile\u201d to their connection, a filter designed for underaged users in accord with the new internet regulations activated by the Turkish government. The censor reportedly keeps children away from evolution theory, but allows access to websites on creation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have described Turkey as a model. It certainly is. But rather than a model for the future, Erdo\u011fan seems determined to take Turkey headlong into the past.<\/p>\n
via Rapid change in Turkey\u2014but not for the better \u00ab The Enterprise Blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Michael Rubin December 8, 2011, 3:58 pm The speed at which Turkey is changing under its Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, is astounding. While many Western diplomats praise Erdo\u011fan\u2019s handling of the economy and supposed democratic reforms, they ignore Erdo\u011fan\u2019s agenda to transform Turkish culture and society. This is reflected in the purge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":47506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[1018],"class_list":["post-47504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The speed at which Turkey is changing under its Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, is astounding. While many Western diplomats praise Erdo\u011fan\u2019s handling of the economy and supposed democratic reforms, they ignore Erdo\u011fan\u2019s agenda to transform Turkish culture and society. This is reflected in the purge of women from the state bureaucracy and the increase of domestic violence as, perhaps, the prime minister\u2019s supporters figure out that they can conduct honor crimes with impunity. According to the Turkish justice minister, the murder rate of women has increased 1,400 percent between 2002\u2014the year Erdo\u011fan\u2019s Islamist party took over\u2014and 2009. Now it seems that Erdo\u011fan\u2019s government is moving against modern science. According to H\u00fcrriyet, Turkey\u2019s internet censors have now turned on Charles Darwin:<\/p>\n