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Family solidarity is not left entirely to conscience under Turkish law. Where a close relative would otherwise fall into poverty, the law transforms what might be seen as a moral duty into a binding legal obligation, allowing a person in...

When a couple separates and a divorce action is filed in Turkey, the financial reality of running two households rarely waits for the court to reach a final decision. Cases can take many months, sometimes years, to conclude, and during...

When a marriage ends in Turkey, the financial consequences rarely fall equally on both spouses. One spouse may have spent years out of the workforce, may lack independent income, or may simply find their standard of living collapse after the...

A spouse who has a valid reason to end a marriage in Turkey does not hold that right indefinitely. Turkish law attaches conditions to fault-based divorce that can quietly extinguish the right to sue, sometimes before the wronged spouse even...

A spouse who suspects infidelity or abuse often reaches for the most direct proof available, and in the age of smartphones that usually means a recording. Yet a recording that seems to settle the matter beyond doubt can turn out...

In a contested divorce, the outcome rarely turns on what actually happened in the marriage. It turns on what each spouse can prove. Turkish family courts decide questions of divorce, fault, custody, alimony, and compensation on the basis of the...

The most common path to divorce in Turkey does not depend on proving a specific wrongdoing such as adultery or cruelty. Instead, it rests on a broader and more flexible concept: that the marriage has broken down so completely that...

A serious and incurable mental illness can place an unbearable strain on a marriage, and Turkish law recognizes this reality by allowing the healthy spouse to seek divorce on this specific ground. Unlike most other grounds for divorce, this one...

When one spouse leaves the shared home and refuses to return without any justification, Turkish law gives the abandoned spouse a specific ground to end the marriage. Known under Turkish law as terk (desertion), this ground is regulated by Article...

When a spouse commits a degrading crime or settles into a way of life that conflicts with basic standards of honor and decency, the other spouse should not be expected to remain bound to the marriage. Turkish law addresses precisely...