Turkey may be about to legalise the rape of young girls under the of 15, as Parliament consider passing a controversial new bill. Turkey’s governing party has left MPs furious after proposing a bill that will pardon thousands of existing child rapists if the perpetrator marries his victim. It will also allow would-be rapists to rape young girls in the future, as long as they marry them. Telegraph.co.uk reports: The controversial proposal would apply to statutory rape cases without use of “force, threat, or any other restriction on consent” involving girls aged 15 or younger. Men convicted in such cases between 2005, when a similar law was abolished, and Nov 16 this year would be eligible to have their sentences “deferred” if they married their victims. In case of a divorce that is the “fault of the perpetrator”, the sentence would once again come into effect. The bill — which was brought forward by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative AKP — was approved on Thursday night, but did not reach the number of votes required for it to be passed into law. Parliament will vote on the proposal again on Tuesday. Opposition MPs condemned the bill, warning that such a law [...]
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