President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched Turkey’s “Year of the Family” by targeting the LGBTQ+ community, labeling them as part of a foreign conspiracy, and announcing measures to boost birth rates, including financial support for young families. Erdogan criticized LGBTQ+ movements as harmful trends and emphasized the importance of protecting children and youth. He also highlighted the declining population growth rate and proposed policies such as interest-free loans for newlyweds and improved monetary allowances for parents to combat the threat to the family structure in Turkey.
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