Turkey withdraws controversial ‘child bride’ bill

[webfact]

Turkey withdraws controversial ‘child bride’ bill

 

 

ANKARA: -- Turkey’s governing AK Party is withdrawing a controversial bill on underage marriage.

 

Critics say it would pardon men convicted of sex with underage girls if the abuser marries the victim.

 

Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said the proposed law would be reformulated by a parliamentary committee in order to obtain a broad consensus across society.

 

“It will be evaluated again in the committee by taking opinions of all the parties, and this problem will definitely be resolved,” said Binali.

 

The bill sparked strong protests from rights groups.

 

Demonstrators say it is intolerable for sentencing to be indefinitely postponed in cases of sexual abuse committed “without force, threat or trick” if the perpetrator marries the victim.

 

“We are not going to let the parliament pass this bill,” said one protester. “We are going to protect our children’s future. We are not going to leave them in the dark. We’re saying it again: The AK Party MPs who brought this proposal to parliament and the rapists who are being protected by them are going to explain themselves to the victims.”

 

Yildirim said the aim was to remedy the situation of men who are in jail and married to women under the age of 18 in a religious ceremony and with the consent of their family. He rejected suggestions that the plan amounted to an “amnesty for rape.”

 

“There are those who got married underage. They don’t know the law, then they have kids, the father goes to jail and the children are alone with their mother,” Yildirim said, adding that he had identified 3,000 families in this situation.

 

Fidan Ataselim from the campaign group “Let’s Stop Women’s Murders” said it would be difficult to establish whether an underage victim gave consent, and the bill would pave the way for forced child marriages.

 

“It means the perpetrators and the rapists will threaten families, offer money and force them to marry off their children,” said Ataselim.

 

Several UN agencies criticised the legislation, which they said was akin to an amnesty for child abusers and could expose victims to further suffering at the hands of their abusers.

 

“Any forms of sexual violence against children are crimes which should be punished as such,” the UN children’s agency UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, UN Women and the UN Development Programme in Turkey said in a joint statement on Monday (November 21).

 

“We call on all Members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly to do their utmost in ensuring that all girls and boys in Turkey are better protected from all forms of sexual abuse.”

 

In rural areas of Turkey underage religious wedding ceremonies are not uncommon.

 

Campaign group Girls Not Brides says Turkey has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Europe, about 15 percent of girls married before the age of 18.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-11-23

[freebyrd]

In the 21st Century, a bill such as this should never have been inked - shameful!

[bark]

2 minutes ago, freebyrd said:

In the 21st Century, a bill such as this should never have been inked - shameful!

Some countries still live in the "Stone Age "

No offense to the Cave Men and Women !

[thai3]

19 minutes ago, freebyrd said:

In the 21st Century, a bill such as this should never have been inked - shameful!

 

But their moral framework is from the 7th century, that's the problem with their religion. 

[SgtRock]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

ANKARA: -- Turkey’s governing AK Party is withdrawing a controversial bill on underage marriage.

 

How about a worldwide flight / travel ban on this bunch of Peado's

 

Diplomatic passports or not.

[Pattaya28]

And Turkey wants to join the EU. 

So the Turkish Government says it's OK for under-age sex, provided illegal "marriage" is in the equation.  And we all know where this nonsense comes from. 

[NeedCoffeeNow]

By the muslim faith if the prophet did it then its legal and accepted, most muslims believe that the prophet married Ayisha at the age of 6 (though he waited 3 years to consummate the marriage), however Ishak (the foremost muslim scholar credited for compiling the Koran stated that the prophet married Ayisha when he was 50yo and when he died at age 65 she was 19yo, this means she was 4yo at marriage and 7yo when he had sex with her so by muslim law this is acceptable so is it any wonder that this kind of bill would be brought forth. The only reason it is being withdrawn is Turkey's desire to gain EU membership...

[Laughing Gravy]

Yes this bill maybe have been scrapped but the fact is that the practice goes on, in remote places. The same in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Pedophiles and barbaric practices that is supported by their religion. Horrible and vile to the core.

Edited November 23, 2016 by Laughing Gravy

[jaidam]

2 hours ago, NeedCoffeeNow said:

By the muslim faith if the prophet did it then its legal and accepted, most muslims believe that the prophet married Ayisha at the age of 6 (though he waited 3 years to consummate the marriage), however Ishak (the foremost muslim scholar credited for compiling the Koran stated that the prophet married Ayisha when he was 50yo and when he died at age 65 she was 19yo, this means she was 4yo at marriage and 7yo when he had sex with her so by muslim law this is acceptable so is it any wonder that this kind of bill would be brought forth. The only reason it is being withdrawn is Turkey's desire to gain EU membership...

Agree, but, and I'll try and be very careful how I say this as my stance against pedophilia in all its forms has caused me trouble before. There is a move throughout northern Europe to allow pedophilia, which just a few years ago would never have been tolerated. I believe this gradual move toward adults being allowed to have legal sexual relations with minors is to do with out-of-control PC rather than plain outright evil.

 Methods the pedophilia is legalized is primarily by legally altering the age of the adult. Example you have a male in his 40s and a female child under 16. Solution is to re-age the 40 year old male as 15 years old. Voila, legal and wholesome relationship. This is popular in the UK. In Germany and Denmark for example the tendency is just to look the other way, or avoid the reporting on pedophilia in the hope that it all goes away or the female finally comes of age. Either way, children are not being protected these days in NEurope which is why despite being threatened against speaking out that I continue to be unable to wring hands or turn a blind eye.

 The Turkish proposal was a disgrace, but common sense has prevailed there. Will northern Europe be so brave one day as to reinstate the human rights of ALL children to not be sexually abused by adults no matter who the adults are or how old the mickey mouse documentation they have claims them to be?

[elgordo38]

6 hours ago, thai3 said:

 

But their moral framework is from the 7th century, that's the problem with their religion. 

I guess that explains the large number of wars over the centuries. Religion. I guess they did not read the 10 commandments covet not they neighbors wife or they neighbors ass or all that is they neighbors. 

[bangon04]

10 hours ago, Pattaya28 said:

And Turkey wants to join the EU. 

So the Turkish Government says it's OK for under-age sex, provided illegal "marriage" is in the equation.  And we all know where this nonsense comes from. 

Even the ultra PC islam-appeasers in Germany would have a problem trying to get the EU to accept this law.. wouldn't they? These days anything seems possible.

[NeedCoffeeNow]

On 11/23/2016 at 0:16 AM, jaidam said:

Agree, but, and I'll try and be very careful how I say this as my stance against pedophilia in all its forms has caused me trouble before. There is a move throughout northern Europe to allow pedophilia, which just a few years ago would never have been tolerated. I believe this gradual move toward adults being allowed to have legal sexual relations with minors is to do with out-of-control PC rather than plain outright evil.

 Methods the pedophilia is legalized is primarily by legally altering the age of the adult. Example you have a male in his 40s and a female child under 16. Solution is to re-age the 40 year old male as 15 years old. Voila, legal and wholesome relationship. This is popular in the UK. In Germany and Denmark for example the tendency is just to look the other way, or avoid the reporting on pedophilia in the hope that it all goes away or the female finally comes of age. Either way, children are not being protected these days in NEurope which is why despite being threatened against speaking out that I continue to be unable to wring hands or turn a blind eye.

 The Turkish proposal was a disgrace, but common sense has prevailed there. Will northern Europe be so brave one day as to reinstate the human rights of ALL children to not be sexually abused by adults no matter who the adults are or how old the mickey mouse documentation they have claims them to be?

To make matters worse, I have heard that child bride  "refugees" are coming into Europe from ME & Africa some as young as 9 and nothing is being done to protect these children...