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Belgian textbook insults Turkey's founder Ataturk
Following the broadcast of videos with explicit content about Ataturk
by a Greek youth on the famous Internet site youtube.com, Belgium has
engaged in similar infamy by listing Ataturk among the important homosexual
and bisexual personalities of history.
A book by the minister of education of the province of Valon in
Belgium and distributed to all schools in the province claims that Ataturk
was one of history's important and famous homosexual or bisexual figures
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was included on a list of "Famous homosexuals
and bisexuals in history" on the 105th page of the 144-page book titled,
"Fight Against Homophobia." The small book, prepared at the instructions of
Valon Education Minister Marie Arena and distributed to all students in
primary and secondary education, emphasizes that homosexuality is not
actually a negative thing and that there were many famous and important
homosexual or bisexual people in history.
Today's Zaman's efforts to reach Marie Arena proved fruitless. It is
unknown what source this information was based on, though it will certainly
spark harsh reactions in Turkey. A leading paper in Belgium, De Standaard,
covered the issue and in a related report wrote that Ataturk, the founder of
modern Turkey, was included on the list and noted that it was yet unknown
whether the Turkish Embassy in Belgium was aware of the incident.
Belgium is one of the few countries in the world that grants its
citizens the right to same-sex marriages and child adoption by homosexual
couples. It is stated that the distribution of the book was aimed at
"enlightening the future of the young generation in Belgium" and informing
them correctly by giving information on the history of homosexuality and the
general sociocultural perception in regard to homosexuality. The book also
touches on the equality of women and discusses the viewpoints of other
societies regarding homosexuality, with an aim to prevent the younger
generation from harboring negative opinions on homosexuality.
Among famous homosexuals in history, according to the book, are
Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, and Goethe. Other interesting names
on the list are some spiritual leaders of the Catholic world such as Pope
Benoit IX and Pope Jules III.
Turkey currently has some other problems with Belgium, such as
allowing the escapte of Fehriye Erdal, the murderer of Ozdemir Sabanci,
brother of late famous businessman Sakip Sabanci. Belgium is also a country
where members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) freely walk the
streets. Belgium is also trying to punish the denial of the so-called
Armenian genocide.
Meanwhile a Belgian court found a security company guilty of
discrimination after it refused to employ Turkish national Murat Caliskan on
the basis of his being a foreigner. The court accused the company of
"apparent racism" and ruled that it should pay compensation to Caliskan. He
said he would use the compensation money in the fight against racism and
donate it to immigration centers.
28.03.2007
VEDAT DENIZLI BRUSSELS
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