3 minutes agoGirls can marry 9 and boys 12 explode controversy in Turkey
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Marriage can be legal as soon as it reaches puberty, 9 years old for girls, and 12 for boys. Powerful controversy has erupted in Turkey, for this interpretation published on an online site by the Directorate for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), the country's largest Muslim authority. This interpretation caused widespread controversy [...]
Marriage can be legal as soon as it reaches puberty, 9 years old for girls, and 12 for boys.
Powerful controversy has erupted in Turkey, for this interpretation published on an online site by the Directorate for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), the country's largest Muslim authority.
This interpretation prompted numerous controversy in Turkish politics, prompting the main opposition party to President Recep Tayip Erdogan, the Social Democrats Chp, to seek to launch an investigation.
On social networks as it writes loa.alMany users expressed indignation, demanding the closure of Dayannet.
The institution, involved in such controversy earlier, correctly confirmed after reactions that it does not approve of children's marriage.
