Turkey's waning fertility threatens Erdoğan's vision of strength

The president has been urging women to have three babies each, as his divided country faces a very European problem

Didem Sen was living in Nişantaşı, a wealthy Istanbul neighbourhood mostly inhabited by members of the secular elite, when she was trying to conceive her first child at the age of 40.

She had felt the need to wait until she was married and her career was developed before trying to have a child, but fertility treatments did not work and she soon gave up.

At least ​​three children you must have, before it’s too late

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