Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects challenge seeking independent civil registry records for married women

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected a challenge on grounds of equality to a provision putting married women in their husbands’ family registries, a rule long criticized as gender discrimination, the Yeni Özgür Politika news website reported. The case was referred to the Constitutional Court by the İstanbul 14th Civil Court of First Instance, which sought […] The post Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejects challenge seeking independent civil registry records for married women appeared fi...

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