Last autumn, voices were raised over plans to criminalise adultery.

Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government withdrew a sweeping reform package last week rather than abandon a proposal to criminalise adultery.

That these are attainable is shown by the Turkish government's reversal of a proposal, promoted by Islamic fundamentalists, to criminalise adultery.

The closest we've seen is the EU's bile that erupted when Turkey recently tried to eliminate the dichotomy by criminalising adultery.