Polygamy in Turkey
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| Recognized under civil law |
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Recognized in some regions
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Eritrea2
Nigeria (BA, BO, GO, JI, KD, KA, KT, KE, NI, SO, YO, ZA)
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Foreign marriages recognized
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| Recognized under customary law |
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Nigeria (IM, KW, LA, NA, OY, PL)
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1Illegal in all forms; Muslims exempt
2Regions governed by Sharia
*In certain countries and regions, only Muslims may legally contract a polygamous marriage
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Aside from Tunisia and Israel, Turkey is the only nation located in the Middle East that has abolished polygamy, which was officially criminalized with the adoption of the Turkish Civil Code in 1926, a milestone in Atatürk's secularist reforms. Penalties for illegal polygamy are up to 5 years imprisonment. [1] becoming the first nation in the area to do so. Turkey has long been known for its promotion of secularism,[2][3][4] and has continued to introduce measures that have placed even stricter bars on polygamy. The most recent prohibition act, passed in March 2009, by the ruling moderate Islamist AK Parti, effectively banned polygamists from entering or living in the country.[5]
Although polygamy is very rare in Turkish society, the practice is still exists in the Kurdish populated South East.[6]
An advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the the ruling moderate Islamist AK Parti, Ali Yüksel, is reportedly polygamous and has made public his intention to take a fourth wife which caused outrage from the Turkish media and also from the AK Parti.[7]
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Polygamy in Europe
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Sovereign
states |
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
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- France
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- Germany
- Greece
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- Iceland
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- Italy
- Kazakhstan
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- Liechtenstein
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- Malta
- Moldova
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- Netherlands
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- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
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States with limited
recognition |
- Abkhazia
- Kosovo
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- South Ossetia
- Transnistria
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Dependencies
and other territories |
- Åland
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
- Svalbard
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| Other entities |
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