(London Independent) A speech made by the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister urging women not to laugh in public in order to "preserve morality" has sparked a backlash on social media from women posting defiant selfies of themselves laughing at his remarks.
On Wednesday, Bülent Arinç was unrepentant over his speech and instead turned his attention to women who holiday without their husbands and "can't wait to climb poles when they see one".
The backlash began on Monday after Mr Arinç condemned the perceived moral corruption enveloping Turkey and called for women to be chaste by not laughing in public.