Title Turkey: 1. What are the attitudes of Kurds in Turkey towards women who marry non-Kurds and non-Alevis? 2. Are there any issues in relation to women who marry people of Orthodox Christian faith? 3. Does the attitude and treatment vary between the general community and members of a strictly religious Kurdish Alevi family? 4. What protection is offered by the Turkish authorities to women who may be subject to harm from their family for entering into such marriages?
Publisher Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
Publication Date 25 July 2005
Country Republic of Türkiye
Topics Alevis | Christian | Kurd | Orthodox Christian | State protection
Citation / Document Symbol TUR23650
Cite as Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Turkey: 1. What are the attitudes of Kurds in Turkey towards women who marry non-Kurds and non-Alevis? 2. Are there any issues in relation to women who marry people of Orthodox Christian faith? 3. Does the attitude and treatment vary between the general community and members of a strictly religious Kurdish Alevi family? 4. What protection is offered by the Turkish authorities to women who may be subject to harm from their family for entering into such marriages?, 25 July 2005, TUR23650, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4b6fe302d.html [accessed 4 June 2023]
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