Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the dinner of the 6th World Family Summit held in Istanbul on Saturday.
Expressing his pride in enfranchisement of the Turkish women before many others in the world, Erdogan said that women have undertaken very important tasks in development of Turkey since the proclamation of the Republic.
The Prime Minister pointed out the significance of women within the family structure and said that family would be shaken if they are overlooked.
Erdogan also said as follows: "A world where women are oppressed is unlivable. A world where they are ignored is deprived of beauty. A world where they are isolated goes without compassion and affection. A world where they are regarded cheap labor is unfair. So I am saying that politics, democracy or administration without women involved is injustice, inequity and imperfection for all the society."
The Turkish Premier went on saying that living conditions are getting harder in the globalized world and this situation threatens the family institution.
Warning on a dangerous moral and cultural degeneration, Prime Minister Erdogan underlined that they will not let family values be victims of a cultural degeneration.