The draft new code scraps the phrase the head of the marriage union is the man, giving women the right to have a say in decisions concerning the children or the family home. She no longer needs a ...

Turkey has decided to delay the enforcement of its penal code, which would introduce greater protection of human and civil rights, until 1 June. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan explained the ...

The European Commission has announced it will require a revision of Turkey’s penal code as a condition for Ankara’s progress in EU talks on judicial affairs, while hinting that it could receive a ...