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Article: Turkish civil code reforms recognise women's equality and rights in marriage. (Round Up: Law and Policy).(Brief Article)
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- Reproductive Health Matters
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Following many years of lobbying by women's rights groups, the Turkish Parliament has accepted a reform of the civil code that establishes the equality of women and men in marriage. The new code also raises the legal age for marriage to 18 both for women and men (previously 17 for men and 15 for women). The most controversial change was in the clause regulating matrimonial property, which initially proposed that all assets accumulated during ...