Turkish press targets new first lady
Instead of focusing on the AKP's stances on women's rights issues, the secular press has vilified Sare Davutoglu, the prime minister's wife and a medical doctor.
One Aug. 26 news article read, “Madrasa disciple Dr. Sare Davutoglu, MD, advocates fatwas in medicine.” This odd news was promptly picked up by other media outlets, angry bloggers and shared on Twitter. All of these comments mocked the wife of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, some of them quite offensively.
The “news” informed readers that Sare Davutoglu, a gynecologist, is popular among Islamist circles. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter is one of her high profile patients. She practices medicine in her private clinic as well as at a hospital in Istanbul. So far, so good.
