Good news! Shows that public pressure and international condemnation work.
"Take two steps back, then a step forward."
Now free the Journalists and add free speech.
Then remove underage marriages.
... ect
I've got to question the sanity (and moral integrity) of whoever attempted to put this in place.
[QUOTE=Vlevs;51410123]Good news! Shows that public pressure and international condemnation work.[/QUOTE]
Meh,sort of.The turkish government said it would withdraw [B]and[/B] reformulate the law,not removing entirely.
[QUOTE=Sgt.Kickass;51410158]Meh,sort of.The turkish government said it would withdraw [B]and[/B] reformulate the law,not removing entirely.[/QUOTE]
At least some consideration. The rationale is quite odd:
[quote]"It is about giving normality to young women who have been married underage due to cultural norms, other norms, and now find themselves with their children suffering because their husbands are in prison," she told the BBC's Newsday programme.
"One of the examples is when the woman is 15 and the man is 17, they get married, they're both underage, a few years later after they've had children, or when they go to register their babies, or when they go to the doctor, the doctors or officials have to report this case if it is an underage marriage, so now they are 24, 25 and all of a sudden their husbands are in prison."[/quote]
It would seem more logical to address child marriage (and with that, underage sex) by outlawing the practice itself and prosecuting those that administer them. Can anyone more familiar with local conditions tell why this isn't the first option?
[QUOTE=Vlevs;51410203]It would seem more logical to address child marriage (and with that, underage sex) by outlawing the practice itself and prosecuting those that administer them. Can anyone more familiar with local conditions tell why this isn't the first option?[/QUOTE]
As a guess, Erdogan's government relies on a lot of the rural/conservative types who are more likely to hold backwards values. This comes across as an attempt at appeasing them.
Would be neat if Turkish FPers could clarify this.
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;51410331]Would be neat if Turkish FPers could clarify this.[/QUOTE]
Someone in the other thread said some of Erdogan's cronies were caught up in this and the law allowing it was an attempt to bail them out.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;51410347]Someone in the other thread said some of Erdogan's cronies were caught up in this and the law allowing it was an attempt to bail them out.[/QUOTE]
But law doesnt work backwards
[QUOTE=WhyNott;51410427]But law doesnt work backwards[/QUOTE]
Turkey is a magical place where the law doesn't work at all.
440,000 girls under the age of 18 have become mothers since 2002.
The bill would nullify all child sex abuse (“without force, threat or trick”) that had happen before November the 16th, 2016 as long you're "married" to the victim. (I think I have to puke for writing that sentence)
Brilliant news! A step in the right direction.
[QUOTE=wewt!;51410138]I've got to question the sanity (and moral integrity) of whoever attempted to put this in place.[/QUOTE]
They are very sane, and probably have a normal moral integrity... they just don’t adhere to the western moral identity of liberty, equality and fraternity.
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