It's OK for men to hit us, says wives' poll in Turkey:

More than a third of Turkish women believe they deserve to be beaten if they argue with their husbands, deny them sex, neglect children or burn a meal, according to a survey reported by the Anatolia news agency yesterday.

The survey found that 39 per cent of women said their husbands were right to beat them. In rural areas, the figure rose to 57 per cent.

If readers know of similar statistics for Poland or Hungary, I would like to know of them, until then, I am becoming far less persuaded by the arguments of Turco-optimists who believe that Turkey can be fast-tracked to EU membership because the cultural variance is of degree rather than kind. Would be nice to know the trendline too....

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