So, 63% of Turks think polygamy is acceptable. Great, purely medieval, no?

And yet, I find out that Turkey allows nudity, even full frontal, on television! (let's hope Turks aren't as hairy as their Greek cousins, yes, you read me right, cousins!)

The problem with generalizing about "Turkey" is that this it is clearly multiple "nations," notwithstanding the posthumous will of Ataturk. Because of the reality of modern borders, one can't take in European Turkey into the EU without allowing Peasant Turkey in.

Poll numbers like the ones above show that peasant Turkey probably has at least a plural majority (the dominance of the current Islamist party is evidence of that too). The relative liberalism of Turkish mass media pop culture is a testament to the dominance of the European elite at the commanding heights¹.

Shooting your unmarried 5 month pregnant aunt in the head? Medieval (and not pro-life for sure!). Winning Eurovision? I don't really know what to characterize that as, but no decent god-believing folk would countenance it if they value their honor and self-respect. Pick your facts dependent on what you want to prove, go ahead. Turkey aims to please, from villagers who live like Hattians from the 2nd millennium before Christ to topless beaches, it's all there....

1 - The commanding heights will by definition be dominated by the elites you say! Well, yes, but quite often these elites will pander to, or be constrained by, the values of the more traditionalist majority. The American entertainment industry for example is only slowly shifting beyond the bounds of "normal" within the last generation. The Bangladeshi entertainment industry is quite clearly on the leash of majoritarian preferences (a disproportionate number of people in the entertainment industry seem to be Hindus, but they are quite willing to play pious Muslim roles). Also, the ability of the secular Turkish minority to coerce and contain the religious majority for nearly eight decades is interesting.