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Turkey in the EU? - I say NAY!
Friday, October 06, 2006
The debate still goes on about Turkey’s adhesion to the European Union. A few months ago, I was favorable to this for various reasons that I will not develop here. However, I only recently discovered the “Islamization” of school literature that had been inserted into the Turkish school curriculum and, now, I am truly horrified at the possibility that such a country would join. What happened? Recently, Turkish publishing houses have inserted Islam into classics that did not have it. Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer, Heidi, Victor Hugo, La Fontaine, and others! Tom Sawyer is a slacker but very conscientious when learning his Islamic prayers. D’Artagnan, from the Three Musketeers, is told that he can not visit Aramis. Why? “He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness.”
Let’s not forget that Turkey has been a secular country since the 1920s! The Turkish government has said that it would take legal action:
I read this and I think “Hmm.... good start.” Then they say something that is simply weak:
Notice that there is NO mention what-so-ever of religious allusions or distortion of literature. Is Turkey’s government too weak to enforce its own law? Countries wishing to join the EU have a lot of requirements before they are fully admitted. In Turkey’s case, many things are already met. However, a secular government that is not capable of controlling and accepting world literature the way it is, is completely and utterly unacceptable to me. Sources: Forum Post, BBC, Telegraph (Primary source). |
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