HIDDEN AND MULTIPLE VICTIMIZATION: FORCED MARRIAGE IN TURKEY


Abstract views: 252 / PDF downloads: 260

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26900/jsp.5.5.1

Keywords:

Forced marriage, berdel, taygeldi, levirat, sorarat, child marriage

Abstract

Aim: Forced marriages are the marriages in which one or both spouses do not give consent to the marriage. Violence, threats, or any other form of coercion is involved to actualize the marriages and cause multiple victimization. Victims of forced marriages may be women, men, girls and boys. The subject of the victimization may be all types of violence. This study aims to evaluate and to raise the awareness of the professionals who work in the field, and to suggest solutions to prevent the forced marriages.

Materials and Methods: In the study, a total of 296 people (66% women and 34% men), who work in the fields in Mersin, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Istanbul provinces where the risk factor is high, were surveyed; and workshops were organised with them. The survey results were analysed by using the SPSS 20 statistical program.

Results: The survey was applied to the professionals working in the field. Only 46% of participants correctly answered the question about the age of marriage with parental consent. 10% of the participants stated that they look positively to the marriage of those under the age of 18. 9 out of 100 people working in the field do not see child marriage as a type of forced marriage. 32% of the employees in the field specified that they do not know where to apply in case of the danger of forced marriage.

Conclusion: The main factors lead to forced marriage may be specified as lack of education, customs and traditions, family honour, economic reasons, migration, social and family pressure on parents, and domestic violence. Forced marriages have significant negative impacts especially for young women. Trainings of the professionals will be the first step of solving the problem. The next step will be defining forced marriage as a criminal offence in Turkey.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

ATUN, Y, ATUN, A. (2018). The unfounded mass burials of the so-called Armenian Genocide. International. Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, 4(4), 571-579. http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/552789 (Last Accessed: 07.07.2019)

BALAMAN, AR. (2002). “Marriage Kinship Types”, Publications of Ministry of Culture of Turkish Republic, Ankara, 44-45,

COŞKUN AM, ŞENTURAN L, ÇAYIR G, YAKIT E. (2016) Social sensitivity development about the problem of childbrides. International Journal of Human Sciences, 13:1107-1122

ÇAKMAK, D. (2009) Child brides in Turkey, The First Law of Youth Symposium on State- Personal Security in Rule of Law. (Türkiye’de Çocuk Gelinler, Birinci Hukukun Gençleri Sempozyumu-Hukuk Devletinde Kişisel Güvenlik)

DW (2019) https://www.dw.com/tr/ikinci-yarg%C4%B1-paketindek%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3% BCk-ya%C5%9Ftaki-evliliklere-tart%C4%B1%C5%9Fmal%C4%B1%C3%A7%C3%B 6z%C3% BCm/a-51030095 (Last accessed on 07.07.2019)

http://www.forcedmarriages.ca/resources-for-service-providers/tools/ (Last accessed on 07.07.2019)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/contents/enacted (Last Accessed:: 29.12.2019)

https://aawsat.com/turkish/home/article/2050346/suudi-arabistanda-%C3%A7ocuk-evlili%C4%9Fi-yasakland%C4%B1 (Last accessed on 29.12.2019)

https://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/S-7/ (Last accessed on 29.12.2019)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html (Last accessed on 29.12.2019)

KADEM (2014) Workshop Report on Fight against Early Marriages and Forced Marriages in Turkey, http://kadem.org.tr/erken-yasta-ve-zorla-evliliklere-karsi-mucadele-calistay raporu/ (Last accessed on 07.07.2019)

MINISTERIUM FRAUEN GESUNDHEIT. (2017), Federal Ministry of Health and Women of Austria, Traditions and Violence Against Women - Forced Marriage Report, Vienna. (Avusturya Federal Sağlık ve Kadın Bakanlığı’nın Gelenek ve Kadınlara Şiddet – Zoraki Evlilik Raporu, Viyana 2017)

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (2017), http://www.adlisicil.adalet.gov.tr/istatis tik_2017/istatistik 2017.pdf (Last Accessed: 07.07.2019)

PARROT A, N. CUMMINGS (2008). Sexual Enslavement of Girls and Women. Worldwide, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1; 65.

POYRAZ TACOĞLU T. (2011) The Reasons of Traditional Marriage Types Performed in Turkey and The Effect of . The Effect of Traditions on Marriages, METU Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2(4), 114-143. Türkiye'de Gerçekleştirilen Geleneksel Evlilik Çeşitlerinin Nedenleri ve Evlilikler Üzerinde Törenin Etkisi”. ODTÜ Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(4), 114-143.

POLAT, O. (2019) Child Abuse in All Dimensions, Seçkin Publishing, Ankara. Tüm Boyutlarıyla Çocuk İstismarı-2, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara.

POLAT, O & REVA, Z. (2019) Legal Dimension of Child Marriages In Turkey: Compared With The Eastern Europe And Middle East Countries, International Journal Of Research-Granthaalayah (Vol.7, No. 4), s.338-354. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2667712

REVA, Z, POLAT, O. (2019) Forced marriages as human rights violation. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, 5 (1), 69-77. DOI: 10.24289/ijsser.502652)

SEZEN L. (2005) "Türkiye’de Evlenme Biçimleri", Atatürk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, Sayı 27, Prof. Dr. Şinasi Tekin Özel Sayısı, 185-195.

TEZCAN S, COŞKUN Y. (2004) The Change of The First Marriage Age of Women in the Last Quarter of the 20th Century in Turkey and Characteristics of Marriages Today, Journal of Population, C 26, 1: 15. “Türkiye’de 20. Yüzyılın Son Çeyreğinde Kadınlarda İlk Evlenme Yaşı Değişimi ve Günümüz Evlilik Özellikleri”, Nüfusbilim Dergisi, C. 26, Sy. 1, 2004, s. 15.

TGNA, Committee on Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men of Turkish Parliamentary / The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2009) Report on Evaluation of Early Marriages. https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/komisyon/kefe/docs/komisyon_rapor.pdf (Last accessed on 22.12.2019)

TGNA, Committee on Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men of Turkish Parliamentary / The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2011) Sub-Commission Report on Psychological Violence Against Women Due to Child Gender, Bride Wealth, and Traditional Marriages. TBMM Kadın Erkek Fırsat Eşitliği Komisyonu - Çocuk Cinsiyeti Nedeniyle Kadın Üzerinde Oluşturulan Psikolojik Şiddet, Başlık Parası, ve Geleneksel Evlilikler Hakkında Alt Komisyonu Raporu, Mart 2011’de hazırladığı Raporu (TBMM Komisyon Raporu, 2011.

TURKISH CIVIL CODE (2001) http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.4721.doc (Last accessed on 07.07.2019)

TURKSTAT (April 2020) Chil Statistics, , No: 30708, 17 April 2020.

UNICEF, Mart 2018. http://www.unicef.org.tr/basinmerkezidetay.aspx?id=32844 (Last accessed on 27.12.2019)

YASA İ. (1962) “Taygeldi Family”, Journal of Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University, Issue: 17. Taygeldi Ailesi, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, Ankara, Sayı: 17.

Downloads

Published

2021-04-15

How to Cite

REVA, Z. (2021). HIDDEN AND MULTIPLE VICTIMIZATION: FORCED MARRIAGE IN TURKEY . HEALTH SCIENCES QUARTERLY, 5(Supplement Issue), 93–107. https://doi.org/10.26900/jsp.5.5.1