ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared the years between 2026 and 2035 the “decade of family ,” calling for long-term policies to protect what he described as the core of society. “Family and population are not such a narrow agenda that can be fit into one year. We have to develop permanent policies that protect the family and human nature," Erdoğan told the International Family Forum in Istanbul on May 23. His announcement expanded on the government’s earlier move to name 2025