Yusuf Ziya Gümüşel

A high-profile case surrounding the forced marriage of a 6-year-old girl has taken a new twist as a retrial commenced on May 6, aiming for harsher sentences for the defendants involved.

A shocking case of forced child marriage has led to the arrest of the victim's parents and the man she was made to marry, a sect member of a religious congregation affiliated with her father.

The hearing of the Hiranur Foundation's founder for forcibly marrying off his six-year-old daughter to a 29-year-old man in 2004 was adjourned to July 17, while the court decided to continue the detention of the defendants.

An investigation group commissioned by the parliament has prepared a report listing the measures to be taken to "intervene and eliminate child abuse risks," after a shocking case of a woman who was forced to marry at the tender age of 6 came to the forefront.

The court has adjourned the third trial of the founder of the Hiranur Foundation over forcibly marrying off his 6-year-old daughter to a 29-year-old man in 2004 to June 5 due to the prosecutor's leave of absence, while the detention of defendants will continue.

The woman who was forcibly married by her father, who is the head of the foundation affiliated with İsmailağa Jamia, to a 29-year-old sect member in 2004 when she was just six, has started a new life under high protection, local media has reported.