Islamist Turkey - 34 percent of Turkish men accept violence against women occasionally necessary.

Islamist Turkey - 34 percent of Turkish men accept violence against women occasionally necessary.(HD).A total of 34 percent of Turkish men accept violence against women occasionally necessary as around 30 percent says violence with a cause is acceptable, a recent survey conducted in seven cities among 3,500 men shows. A total of 28 percent men says that violence can be used to discipline women.

A total of 34 percent of men find violence occasionally necessary, while 28 percent said that violence can be used to discipline women, according to a nationwide survey initiated by the Happy Kids Association (Mutlu Çocuklar Derneği) and Kırıkkale University’s Application and Research Center for Women’s Problems and conducted on 3,500 men.

The survey, which was intended to identify the perceptions of men and women regarding violence in Turkey, is the first of its kind conducted on men, not women, Dolunay Şenol, department chair for sociology at Kırıkkale University, told Anatolia news agency yesterday.

A total of 7,000 people participated in the “Nationwide Survey on Violence against Women,” in which men and women over the age of 18 were interviewed to identify their perceptions about violence against women. The survey was carried out in Adana, Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir, Erzurum, Trabzon and Malatya, and each city was represented by 500 men and women.

According to the survey, 34 percent of men said “violence is occasionally necessary” while 18 percent agreed with the statement “The man is the ruler of the house and is free to use violence when necessary.” Many men accept domestic violence when there is a “good enough reason,” it showed. According to some 30.9 percent of men, violence with a cause is acceptable, while 37.6 percent expressed that some principles such as honor, decency and discipline render violence necessary.

If women “provoke it,” then violence is acceptable for 23.4 percent of men. A minority of staunchly patriarchic 11.5 percent of men declared that they have the “right to use violence” and 11.8 percent found it absolutely necessary to punish women when they cross their husbands. Şenol said both men and women must be educated to prepare for a harmonious marriage, not only women. Hmmmm......Another reason to keep Turkey out of Europe.Read the full story here.