The article also quoted a statement from the Darwinist geneticist Steve Jones in Nature magazine, "Creationism is a major issue in Turkish politics; the debate is much more tense than in the United States … All biology textbooks now used in schools are creationist in tone." Jones then went on to say that he believed that the theory of evolution would never be weakened in European countries in the way it has been in the USA, and that it would always remain a powerful force. Referring to the position of Darwinism in Turkey, however, he added, “I am not so optimistic about Turkey,” and expressed the end of the theory of evolution.
Coming one after the other, these comments in the world press reveal the powerful global impact of the BAV and Harun Yahya’s work on the subject of Darwinism.