Marriage

A 25-year-old Afghan citizen has started working as a shepherd in the eastern province of Tunceli to raise enough bride price to marry his beloved he left behind in his home country.

"I will save money and marry the woman I love until the end of summer in Afghanistan," Abdullah Muhammedi told Demirören News Agency on April 20.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said that he finds permanent alimony "not fair," while answering a question about the duration limit of paying alimony decided for divorce cases.

"Couple marries for a month. The alimony is paid lifelong. I find this wrong. Permanent alimony is not fair," Bpzdağ said in a TV interview on late April 12.

A recent survey released on April 1 by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has shown that 56.8 percent of first marriages across the country in 2021 were arranged marriages, with individuals or their family's decisions.

Around 46.1 percent of arranged marriages happened with the decision of an individual, according to the "Turkish Family Structure Survey."

A recent survey released on April 1 by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has shown that 56.8 percent of first marriages across the country in 2021 were arranged marriages, with individuals or their family's decisions.

Around 46.1 percent of arranged marriages happened with the decision of an individual, according to the "Turkish Family Structure Survey."

Most people in Turkey fail to pay alimony to their ex-spouses, data have shown, as the government is working on a new legislation on those entitlements.

According to the data, in 49 percent of court cases, the parties agree on consensual divorce, while contested divorce accounts for 48.5 percent of divorce suits.

Nine out of 10 single Turks have said that wedding rings should always be worn, a latest poll on changing marriage habits showed.

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"The rate of married couples who say people should wear wedding rings is 63.8 percent, whereas it is 88 percent in among unmarried couples," said Yusuf Akın, an official from the research company conducting the poll.

His wife has left the marital home

Six divorce cases have been heard in the past two days in the Regional Court of Blagoevgrad. The couples, who decided to end their relationship, officially split up and set a new anti-record. All six divorces were settled by mutual agreement, and as a motive the couples pointed to irreparable differences between them.

Observer police officers assigned at weddings in line with combating the virus play an important role in preventing the spread of the pandemic as a spike is seen in the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases that has alarmed health professionals.

Weddings in Turkey will be held over the summer season, as Turkey will begin allowing people to slowly crawl out of isolation and lockdowns, although they will not resemble any wedding pre-COVID-19 life.