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Who's telling Turkish couples to quiet down during sex?

Turkey's ruling party shrewdly raises sexual and chauvinistic topics whenever the going gets tough.

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Parliamentarian Fatma Kaplan Hurriyet, from the opposition Republican People’s Party, displays a book titled “Marriage and Family Life” during a session of parliament in Ankara, Dec. 15, 2016. — YouTube/FATMA KAPLAN HÜRRİYET

It's long been said that government has no business in people's bedrooms. Government, however, hasn't always agreed.

But this time, at least, it appears to be blushing.

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