Research Article

Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment

Volume: 73 Number: 3 October 31, 2024
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Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment

Abstract

Abstract On 27 June 2023, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously declared that the complaint of Nurcan Bayraktar was admissible and held that there has been a violation of Article 8 and Article 14 in conjunction with Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The violation arose from the application of Article 132 of the Turkish Civil Code which imposes a 300-day waiting period on divorced women to remarry, unless they lodge an application to a Family Court to lift the waiting period by proving with a medical report that they are not pregnant. The Court concludes that obligation to produce medical evidence to prove that the applicant was not pregnant - which can only be obtained by means of medical examination - constituted an interference with the applicant’s exercise of her right to respect for her private life, considering that it was not necessary in a democratic society. Moreover, the Court found that the obligation imposed on divorced women, due to the possibility of pregnancy, to wait 300 days amounts to direct discrimination on grounds of sex, which cannot be justified by the aim of preventing uncertainty as to the parentage of an unborn child. This study aims to summarise and review this judgment, which was delivered in French, in English for a wider audience, by providing a background information on Article 132 of the Turkish Civil Code.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Family Law, Law in Context (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 31, 2024

Submission Date

May 19, 2024

Acceptance Date

August 8, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 73 Number: 3

APA
Yılmaz, C. (2024). Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 73(3), 2091-2117. https://doi.org/10.33629/auhfd.1485935
AMA
1.Yılmaz C. Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi. 2024;73(3):2091-2117. doi:10.33629/auhfd.1485935
Chicago
Yılmaz, Candan. 2024. “Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar V. Türkiye Judgment”. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 73 (3): 2091-2117. https://doi.org/10.33629/auhfd.1485935.
EndNote
Yılmaz C (October 1, 2024) Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 73 3 2091–2117.
IEEE
[1]C. Yılmaz, “Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment”, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 2091–2117, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.33629/auhfd.1485935.
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Candan. “Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar V. Türkiye Judgment”. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 73/3 (October 1, 2024): 2091-2117. https://doi.org/10.33629/auhfd.1485935.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz C. Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi. 2024;73:2091–2117.
MLA
Yılmaz, Candan. “Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar V. Türkiye Judgment”. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 73, no. 3, Oct. 2024, pp. 2091-17, doi:10.33629/auhfd.1485935.
Vancouver
1.Candan Yılmaz. Remarriage Restriction for Woman of 300 Days in Türkiye: Review of the ECtHR’s Nurcan Bayraktar v. Türkiye Judgment. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi. 2024 Oct. 1;73(3):2091-117. doi:10.33629/auhfd.1485935

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