Turkey reviews women's code
Turkey, vying for membership of the European Union, was today reviewing its 76-year-old civil code to advance women’s rights.
Under Turkish law, the man is head of the family and the woman must seek her husband’s permission to go out to work.
That law and other provisions of the old code were rarely invoked, but women’s groups say the code was influential in shaping attitudes in the judiciary and among the public, especially in poorer rural areas.
