During his statement today, Turkish president Erdogan started talking about his country's declining birth rate of 1.89, saying a rate below 2.1 creates "an existential threat, a catastrophe". He tied this to an anti-LGBT rant to criticize the Eurovision Song Contest by saying:

"The political and economic costs of challenging the legitimization of deviant movements are rising. One of the areas where global imposition is most obvious is policies to turn people "genderless". We witnessed once again how dire this situation has become in the world, at the Eurovision Song Contest held last week."

"It is clear that the strange characters who are presented to young people as role models under the mask of freedom are the Trojan horses of social degeneration. It has become almost impossible to come across a normal person in terms of clothing, attitude and words at such international events. It is now accepted by everyone that this is a conscious agenda."

"We better understand what a good decision we made by keeping Turkey away from this disgrace for the last 12 years. We will continue to stay in the same line."

It seems like Turkiye will not be returning for 4 more years... Nemo is so powerful for making politicians seethe simply by existing tbh.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-points-erdogan-turkeys-leader-193218547.html