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The Constitutional Court has ruled to annul a provision that punishes all sexual acts against children under the age of 15 as “sexual abuse,” stirring outrage from academics and women’s rights activists who warn that the decision will lead to cases of child abuse going unpunished.

The Constitutional Court discussed the issue upon an application from a district court, which complained that the current law does not discriminate between age groups in cases of child sexual abuse and treats a 14-year-old as equal to a four-year-old.

The local court said the law does not provide legal consequences for the “consent” of victims in cases where the child victim is from 12 to 15 years of age and able to understand the meaning of the sexual act. “This creates an imbalance between legal benefits and sanctions that should be preserved in crime and punishment,” the application stated.

With seven votes against six, the Constitutional Court agreed with the local court and decided to annul the provision. The decision will come into effect on Jan. 13, 2017.

Activists are likely to seek a reversal of the Constitutional Court’s ruling. The head of the Turkey Federation of Women’s Association (TKDF), Canan Güllü said they are now considering bringing the case to the attention of the European Court of Human Rights.

“This decision will lead to unwanted marriages. People will be able to kidnap and rape children, marry them at an early age, and prevent them from going to school,” Güllü said.

“The most important point is that unless this provision is urgently addressed, child abusers will start walking around freely because there is no new regulation [to fill the void],” Baransel said.

The Court has recently also annulled a provision that foresees at least 16 years of imprisonment in cases of child rape for the same reasons.

Read the article here

Absolutely horrible.

 

[Blablurn]

This cant be for real

 

[A Link to the Past]

Wh

They literally went from "there are some things about this bill that need adjusting" to "end it"

 

[markofhavoc]

If I had sex at age 16 with someone at age 15, is it abuse under the old law? This is the only way I can see this being annulled

 

[sphagnum]

Turkey slides further down the shitter.

 

[Madness]

If I had sex at age 16 with someone at age 15, is it abuse under the old law? This is the only way I can see this being annulled

The Constitutional Court has ruled to annul a provision that punishes all sexual acts against children under the age of 15 as “sexual abuse.

Uh dude, this law removes punishment of sleeping with children udner 15 and to stop it being considered as sexual abuse and your thought is that it was done for all the poor 16 year old teens sleeping with their 15 year old boyfriends or girlfriends or prevented adult pedophiles from molesting children?

What a backwards step and I am not surprised. Turkey is really becoming a horrendous nation. Erdogans actions after the failed coup have been crazy too. Going from a modern nation that was on cusp of joining EU to a dictatorial and theocratic nightmare where women and minorities and now minors are losing protections.

 

[Black Republican]

WTF

 

[NeOak]

If I had sex at age 16 with someone at age 15, is it abuse under the old law? This is the only way I can see this being annulled

WTF?

There are "Romeo and Juliet" laws for cases like that. Not in Turkey because reasons.

This is just removing punishment for having sex with anyone 15 or younger.

 

[zoukka]

So they just made their country a hellhole. Like this is not something indirect, they literally are passing laws that allow children to be raped.

I hope those in power go down and quick, but I guess there's no chance of that happening.

Turkey is a fucking hellhole.

 

[Kolx]

Even tho the punishment should be more severe when it's about children, if someone was caught raping a child he still can be punished for rape right? As if he raped anybody older than 15?

 

[Condom]

I don't think I know enough about Turkish law to really comment on this. It sounds like this law was conflicting with the legal age of consent?

 

[ZiZ]

I don't know how these rulings work, but shouldn't they put the new system in place before annuling the old one?

 

[Sinfamy]

Turkey stop.

 

[Madness]

I don't think I know enough about Turkish law to really comment on this. It sounds like this law was conflicting with the legal age of consent?

This law was there to protect minors and children under 15. Forget the legal age of consent, a 40 year old can coerce a 14 year old now, have sex with her and not be charged with sexual abuse of a child. The country has just become a legal haven for child molestation in a sense. Disgusting.

Kids between 12 and 15 can now say their consent is enough. But tell me, if some rich pedophil turkish politician or celebrity has sex with a child and then threatens her to say she consented is that not child abuse? Wtf. Who are the brain dead judges who voted 7-6 in favor of this. Guarantee you're going to see the trafficking of children and increase of child pornography now.

The Court has recently also annulled a provision that foresees at least 16 years of imprisonment in cases of child rape for the same reasons.

They're also removing the mandatory minimum of 16 years for raping children now as well. Fucked.

 

[bidguy]

is that site reputable ? i cant seem to find any other usual site reporting it. just weird looking ones filled with ads

 

[KarneeKarnay]

All sane Turks reaction to this.

 

[gutter_trash]

Disgusting

Edrogan is gross

 

[Extra Sauce]

Turns out you can stop progress.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Fuck you Turkey and every country like you.

 

[Doomshroom]

Im guessing Erdogan removed alot of sensible people so he could pass stupid shit like this. Im sure his poor religious uneducated supporters love this.

 

[Tyaren]

Turns out you can stop progress.

More like regression even...

 

[witchedwiz]

Just... Wow??
And they want to enter eu?
This is so asinine, to put it mildly...

 

[Replicant]

Vile pieces of scums.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Im guessing Erdogan removed alot of sensible people so he could pass stupid shit like this. Im sure his poor religious uneducated supporters love this.

They are the evil Gulenists trying to take over the world through their labs in the US of A

 

[PdotMichael]

What happened with the Erdogan supporters on GAF?

Are they still arguing about that being against Erdogan is anti-democratic?

 

[Vlodril]

Just... Wow??
And they want to enter eu?
This is so asinine, to put it mildly...

They are not entering eu. I am pretty sure they know it too hence their turn to more extremes.

 

[charsace]

Child marriage will now be a reality in Turkey.

 

[Aztechnology]

What happened with the Erdogan supporters on GAF?

Are they still arguing about that being against Erdogan is anti-democratic?

I can assure you they won't be coming in here.

 

[Ashes]

Im guessing Erdogan removed alot of sensible people so he could pass stupid shit like this. Im sure his poor religious uneducated supporters love this.

Say what?

Law changes in question are regressive but how is this a plus for Erdogan or his supporter? Iirc He wants the death penalty back, if he had his way I would guess that he would hang child rapists.. no?

 

[SapphiCine]

What the fucking hell.

 

[PdotMichael]

Say what?

Law changes in question are regressive but how is this a plus for Erdogan or his supporter? Iirc He wants the death penalty back, if he had his way I would guess that he would hang child rapists.. no?

Because that happens in radical muslim countries... and not that the girls are forced to marry their rapist or just get stoned.

 

[Sad Affleck]

Disgusting. Truly, utterly disgusting.

 

[YoungFa]

Didnt they just want chemical castration for sex offenders recently. I cant follow anymore.

 

[Sblargh]

Didnt they just want chemical castration for sex offenders recently. I cant follow anymore.

These chemical castration laws are usually made by people who deny rape culture so strongly they think a rapist is an imaginary monster who acts possessed by the devil or whatever.
It is common for the same people that want chemical castration to also go easy on sex offense because they don't consider a sex offense a lot of the things we do (like molesting teenagers or workplace harassment).

It's an outlandish weird punishment for what they consider an outlandish weird crime that almost never happens.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Get fucked Turkey.

 

[jelly]

What in the actual fuck.

How, I mean how can that be allowed to happen.

 

[meppi]

And just this past week someone at my job was going on a rant how "we westerners" were demonising Erdogan", including our media and how we have it all wrong since he's really a great guy who was elected by his people and is doing wonderful things for the country.
So much so that the whole world is jealous of Turkey for having one of the biggest airports in the world...

Eum, yeah... :-/

He wasn't Turkish btw.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Is Turkey still being seriously considered for EU membership?

 

[George Washington]

This is no surprise. Human life is not valued anymore. Goodbye Atatürk's Turkey. Welcome to Erdogan's hell. Mark my words this is only the beginning.

Next they'll bring back the death penalty to execute anyone who opposes the government without any due process. There are already reports of the detainees being tortured. As the economy continues to tank, they'll blame Europe/America. Finally they'll modify the constitution to retain/obtain more power.

I lied, it's already happenig

Torture:

Independent UK

Washington Post

Deutsche Welle

CNN - Turkey detainees tortured, raped after failed coup, rights group says

Just use Google to search through the plethora of images of detainees being tortured. They are too graphic to post here.

Returning the death penalty:

Huffington Post - Turkey Pushes To Renew The Death Penalty In Wake Of Failed Coup

The Telegraph - bringing back death penalty

NPR- restoring death penalty

Constitution powers/lack of due process:

Haaretz - Turkey plans constitutional changes, spurring more fears over Erdogan's growing power

CNN - Over 15,000 people detained, 8,000 arrested and 60,000 fired or suspended since coup attempt, only 758 soldierTurkeyased

Reuters - Fleeing Turkish troops fear death if sent home from Greece

Already blaming the West (America):

Washington Post - complaint against US generals

usa today - Turkey blames U.S. for coup attempt

I'll refrain from posting in anymore topics relating to Turkey. I have close friends that have fled the country already because of the recent events and their atrocious human rights violations. If you're unsatisfied with any of these sources, feel free to use Google; there's too many sources reiterating all these accusations made by people within and outside the country.

The human rights violations will continue until Erdogan's removed from power. Until that happens, this shitshow will continue. Stay safe Turkey GAF.

 

[Glazed]

disgusting government

 

[dity]

The official pedo country.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Is Turkey still being seriously considered for EU membership?

When Turkey was moderate, it was always a "well we could see a future with Turkey in the EU somewhere in 2025..." now, i guess its of the table.

 

[Fallout-NL]

When Turkey was moderate, it was always a "well we could see a future with Turkey in the EU somewhere in 2025..." now, i guess its of the table.

I would fucking hope so. What the hell is going on over there?

 

[PdotMichael]

I would fucking hope so. What the hell is going on over there?

The poorly attempt of becoming a regional power.

 

[NEO0MJ]

The official pedo country.

Technically 12-15 isn't pedophile range, there's a different word for it.

Messed up regardless. How the hell did they think this was a good idea?

 

[fanboi]

I can understand why they do this since it makes perfect sense to out all coup makers.

 

[Symphonia]

Truly, truly fucked up.

And I thought humanity had taken enough steps back. I was wrong.

 

[dity]

Technically 12-15 isn't pedophile range, there's a different word for it.

Messed up regardless. How the hell did they think this was a good idea?

Pedophillia, hebophillia, who cares. They're fucking kids. Literally.

 

[Theecliff]

the actual fuck

 

[paradise_circus]

The report somehow contradicts the needed age of marriages in turkey, which is still 18. I guess the article is pretty biased, because I know that turkey (judges and government atleast) is extremely hard against "child" abusers.
Furthermore, the report was already published a month ago. We would certainly heard a way bigger shitstorm if the reform would be really against the protection of minors.