A book called Marriage and Family Life is being distributed in Turkey, to the horror of the CHP Republican People’s Party. Written by former employee of the Office of Religious Affairs, Hasan Çalışkan ...

Syrian women refugees in Turkish camps should shun early and multiple marriages, Family and Social Policies Minister Aysenur Islam said on Thursday. “We are educating them in the Turkish tradition ...

Turkey and Europe are like a married couple more than ready to divorce but, ugh, the shared rent is too attractive, no one wants to pay alimony — and what will the neighbors say? So they keep cursing, ...

ANKARA, Turkey — A proposal by Turkey’s ruling party to revive a law criminalizing adultery has provoked a storm of protest from women’s groups and fueled accusations that the government is seeking to ...

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's prime minister says his government is withdrawing a proposal that critics say would legitimize child marriages and will instead submit it for review by a parliamentary ...

Nargiza Unal met her husband, Adnan, 13 years ago when she was working in Turkey on a temporary visa with the hope of making money and returning to her home country, Uzbekistan. Nargiza's plans ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Though the legal age of marriage in Turkey is 17, at least 15% of girls there are married ...

Turkey's religious affairs state agency came under heavy criticism on Thursday from the main opposition party after it reportedly said girls as young as nine could marry under Islamic law. The Diyanet ...

Child brides in Turkey are often raped, beaten and forced to undergo virginity tests, according to the director of a new documentary which aims to break the silence on the taboo issue. "Growing Up ...