Reporting of Luciano Gallina
The public authority for religious affairs “authorize” the wedding until 9 years of age. It's the plague of child brides
Of Claudio Cartaldo
The imams of Türkiye they agree: the girls they can get married even at nine years old.
As long as they have reached puberty, that is, they are capable of procreating. It doesn't matter if Turkey is a candidate (increasingly distant now) to enter the European Union that marriage with girls is prohibited. And he condemns it. The religious authorities in Ankara have declared it lawful practice of child brides, still very widespread in the country led by Erdogan.
As he writes The Press, Indeed, nel sito della Diyanet, the Authority (public) for Religious Affairs, the rules are written Islamic on puberty and marriage. Marriage between an adult and a teenager (and 9 a 12) years is not only allowed, but it is considered permissible according to the law of Islam. The Diyanet has reduced the minimum age, making it coincide with the end of childhood. Obviously, it cannot be a union decided independently by the child. The parents will act as guarantors, at least until 15 years when the girl will be able to choose for herself whether and when to get married.
For some time now, Turkey's drift has been evident Erdogan. Alla guida della Religious Affairs, controlled by the government, il “sultan” Turkish put Ali Erbas, considered more strict in respecting Islamic traditions than his predecessors. It's not a coincidence, so, if the official estimates speak of a 15% of brides with less than 18 years (NGOs talk about 33%) although Turkish law prohibits marriage under i 17 years.
In absolute numbers, according to estimates by 2015, they mean something like 181 thousand brides under 16 years in three years. The phenomenon is said to be rapidly increasing. The Diyanet's decision is only the last piece of the puzzle: in recent months a law has equated religious marriage to civil marriage, therefore making it official and no longer symbolic. Furthermore, child brides are often victims of some sort of trafficking, sold by their families: Syrian and Iraqi refugees often use marriage to tie themselves to a Turkish family and secure some’ of peace in Erdogan's country. Where the law of is returning ever stronger Muhammad.
Source: http://m.ilgiornale.it/news/2018/01/04/turchia-il-via-libera-degli-imam-si-alle-spose-bambine-di-9-anni/1479796/