Turkey: The authorities are engaged in not flirt
The engaged to can talk to each other to know each other but should avoid holding hands and, above all, do not flirt, recommended by the Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey in those intending to get married shortly.
"It's not bad to meet the engaged to to meet each other, to the extent not exposed publicly," said the supreme Turkish Islamic authority Ntigianet, answering the question whether it is desirable to permit a intending to meet each other before marriage.
"But they engaged to should avoid flirting, not to live together, not isolated in private meetings that could cause gossip, not holding hands and (avoiding) any other conduct that is not approved by Islam" adds the address to a notice posted on its website.
The Ntigianet founded in 1924, one year after the establishment of the new Turkish state on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. The project, under the Constitution, is to enlighten the people in religious matters.
Although Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has largely adopted the Western lifestyle, Turkish citizens, the vast majority remain very conservative. In the eastern areas even sexual relations before marriage are still taboo.
The Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accused by his opponents of "Islamization" of the country and has been criticized for statements made on women, which were marked "sexist."
The engaged to can talk to each other to know each other but should avoid holding hands and, above all, do not flirt, recommended by the Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey in those intending to get married shortly.
"It's not bad to meet the engaged to to meet each other, to the extent not exposed publicly," said the supreme Turkish Islamic authority Ntigianet, answering the question whether it is desirable to permit a intending to meet each other before marriage.
"But they engaged to should avoid flirting, not to live together, not isolated in private meetings that could cause gossip, not holding hands and (avoiding) any other conduct that is not approved by Islam" adds the address to a notice posted on its website.
The Ntigianet founded in 1924, one year after the establishment of the new Turkish state on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. The project, under the Constitution, is to enlighten the people in religious matters.
Although Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has largely adopted the Western lifestyle, Turkish citizens, the vast majority remain very conservative. In the eastern areas even sexual relations before marriage are still taboo.
The Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accused by his opponents of "Islamization" of the country and has been criticized for statements made on women, which were marked "sexist."