Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: usedbustickets on May 24, 2013, 15:35:17 PM
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Taken from the bbc news
The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.
The Islamist-rooted ruling AK party says the law will protect the population, particularly young people, from the harmful effects of alcohol.
Critics say it is a new move to impose an Islamic agenda on a secular, though predominantly Muslim, country.
The law bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 22:00 and 06:00 and bans producers from sponsoring events.
To take effect, the law must be signed by President Abdullah Gul, but the politician - a member of the ruling AKP - is expected to do so soon.
Diageo Plc, the world's largest distiller of alcoholic beverages, has expressed concern about the legislation.
In 2011, Diageo bought Mey Icki, a producer of the traditional Turkish spirit raki, for $2.1bn (£1.7bn).
It said this week it had bought the company in the belief it was investing in a country "that encouraged foreign investment".
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This is not a struggle against the ills of alcohol but an attempt to redesign the society according to their [AK party] beliefs and lifestyle”
Musa Cam
Opposition MP
'Drink yoghurt'
In other points of the new law
Alcohol sales will be prohibited within 100 metres (yards) of mosques and schools
Images of alcoholic drinks will have to be blurred on television
There will be stricter penalties for drink-driving, with drunken drivers with a blood alcohol level above 0.1% facing up to two years' imprisonment
All liquor bottles will have to display warning signs about the harm of alcohol
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who does not drink or smoke, said recently that ayran, a non-alcoholic yoghurt drink, was the "national drink" of the Turks.
AKP politician Lutfu Elva, head of the planning and budget commission, defended the law, saying similar restrictions were in place in Scandinavian countries.
But Musa Cam, an MP from the main opposition party, the CHP, said: "No one can be forced to drink or not to drink. This is a religious and ideological imposition."
Quoted in an article in Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, he said: "This is not a struggle against the ills of alcohol but an attempt to redesign the society according to their [AK party] beliefs and lifestyle."
Hasip Kaplan, a Kurdish MP, warned the law would hurt tourism, which "can't recover easily once collapsed", the state-run Anatolia news agency reports.
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This will have a massive impact on Turkish tourism, but locally if the law on not selling within 100m of a mosque will kill Hisaranu
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What about "The law bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 22:00 and 06:00" That will kill everywhere!
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I must have had more to drink last night than I thought - I'm seeing two of this topic ;)
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Surely that means retail sales - ie shops etc not licensed premises......or perhaps.......?
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I think everyone will be assuming that. But never assume!
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Images of alcoholic drinks will have to be blurred on television
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It is bad enough on some stations where cigarettes are blurred and there is one station which places a flower over the cigarette.
There are some films which contain scenes hysterically funny because there flowers being 'waved' around by gangsters etc.
If this law is enacted, it will just add to the surrealistic fun of watching some old movies.
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Bluwise, I think it is retailers.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ruling-party-proposes-ban-on-retail-sale-of-alcohol-at-night-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47510&NewsCatID=338
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Thanks Marggie, it would seem so. thought we were going to have to go out to dinner at 4pm in Calis for brief second!!
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ALL images on my television are always blurred when I get back to ours after a night out in Calis !! :-[ ;)
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Yes it will be funny seeing blurs over cigarettes& booze, but you can watch stabbings,shooting,and violence,on telly,
dont make sence does it?
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BBC online states,
"Last week, Turkey's parliament approved legislation restricting the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks between 22:00 and 06:00."
Some CBF posts have suggested that the new rules will be similar to UK but the use of term 'consumption' is concerning.
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"Whoever drinks alcohol is an alcoholic" (Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sunday 2 June 2013).
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/20136372149597177.html
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Amca - Don't believe anything the BBC says - they are hopeless these days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22653173
"The law bans the sale of alcohol in shops between 22:00 and 06:00 and bans producers from sponsoring events."
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Amca - Don't believe anything the BBC says - they are hopeless these days.
Steady on Stoop. You are not one of those extremists I keep hearing about are you?
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Lol Colwyn! That's probably what they would call me :)
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Lol Colwyn! That's probably what they would call me :)
Which? Extremist, Alcoholic, Both?
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Both and probably more!
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"Whoever drinks alcohol is an alcoholic" (Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sunday 2 June 2013).
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/20136372149597177.html
My name is Eric and I am an alcoholic.