* Photograph: Anadolu Agency / Merve Yıldızalp
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Mukogawa Women's University of Japan has awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree to President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In his speech there, Erdoğan said,
"Several of our Western neighbors preferred to hide behind high walls and barbed wires. Neither the cries of mothers and fathers hugging the deceased bodies of their children, nor the images of torture coming from the prisons or the tears of innocent children were enough to persuade them to act.
'We will examine women's universities in Japan'
"Whatever the circumstances, we will continue protecting the oppressed and suffered regardless of their ethnic identities, beliefs or skin colors. We will examine the 80 women's universities [in Japan] and take steps for that."
CLICK - Turkey Ranks 130th in Gender Equality
According to the "Global Gender Gap Report 2018" released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Turkey has ranked the 130th among 149 countries in terms of gender equality. As for Japan, it has ranked 114th. (EMK/SD)
