Turkey has a world-class women’s volleyball team. Today, they play Serbia in the European final, held in Brussels. Islamists are trying to sabotage the team. They hope Serbia will win. To that end, they are campaigning for the recall of Ebrar Karakurt
(pink-haired player)
Islamists are bothered by the successes of Turkey’s women’s volleyballers, whom they consider terrible role models for Turkish girls. The volleyballers are free-spirited. They project self-confidence. Not one wears a head-covering.
The bare legs and arms of Turkey’s women volleyballers infuriate Islamists who equate female virtue with showing minimal skin in public. At a time when religiosity is plummeting among Turks, they undermine efforts to make an illiberal form of Islam central to Turkish life.
Islamists are doubly troubled by Ebrar Karakurt, who, in 2021, posted on Instagram a picture with her girlfriend. They find it unacceptable for a lesbian to represent Turkey. But her team and millions of admirers have stood by her as Islamists call her a disgrace—and worse.
-Prof.dr Timur Kuran
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