The woman’s story has also brought to light the privileges enjoyed by Muslim brotherhoods under the conservative rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The parents and “husband” of a girl who was forced into marriage at the age of just 6 were sentenced today to prison terms of 16 to 30 years, Turkish media reports.
The history of H.K.G. (only her initials have been released), now 25, sparked outrage in Turkey in late 2022 when a journalist published excerpts of her lawsuit against her parents and husband. Due to public backlash, authorities issued an arrest warrant for the victim’s father, who was the head of a prominent Muslim brotherhood. Warrants were also issued against the other defendants who were at large until the case was uncovered.
The history of H.K.G. also brought to light the privileges enjoyed by Muslim brotherhoods under the conservative Islamic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the indictment, the defendants were spared a first prosecution, when a doctor, who examined H.K.G. when she was 14, she reported to the authorities that the minor had been sexually abused. The law in Turkey states that minors can marry at the age of 16 “exceptionally” and with a court order, or at 17 with the consent of their parents.
H.K.G. he was married in a religious marriage, which has no legal effect in Turkey.
Organizations for the defense of women’s rights, who attended the trial, they denounced the “illegalities” of the religious brotherhoods. “Through brotherhoods and religious communities they abuse people’s faith,” said Fidel Atasselim, the secretary general of the feminist platform We Will Stop Feminicide.
Source :Skai
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