Comments on: Adultery and Polygamy http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/adultery_and_po.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Monika Yost http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/adultery_and_po.html/comment-page-1#comment-73427 Monika Yost Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:46:45 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/12/adultery-and-polygamy.html#comment-73427 So let me ask you, what are the current laws regarding "adultery". Let's say a man wants to get a divorce but the wife does not agree. He then "marries" a woman in a religious ceremony and lives with his "second wife". What would be the penalties if any? So let me ask you, what are the current laws regarding “adultery”. Let’s say a man wants to get a divorce but the wife does not agree. He then “marries” a woman in a religious ceremony and lives with his “second wife”. What would be the penalties if any?

]]> By: Jeremy Suttenberg http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/adultery_and_po.html/comment-page-1#comment-61189 Jeremy Suttenberg Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:30:19 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/12/adultery-and-polygamy.html#comment-61189 Interesting post. As for the EU connection, from The Economist's analysis it appears that Turkey is not trying to "Islamicize" Turkish law but rather reinforce Ataturk's secular legacy. If that is correct, than Brussels is left with the difficult choice of either accepting a non-European method (aldutery laws) for correcting a holdover from the Caliphate or rejecting the adultery laws with the potential consequence of retaining polygamy in the Turkish countryside. I personally think this issue is symbolic of the larger divide between parts of the Turkish rural community that haven't fully incorporated the Kemalist ideology and those who embrace Kemal and wish to see his dream of a "Western" Turkey fulfilled. And I think that divide will become more evident as the EU works through Turkey's membership bid. Interesting post. As for the EU connection, from The Economist’s analysis it appears that Turkey is not trying to “Islamicize” Turkish law but rather reinforce Ataturk’s secular legacy. If that is correct, than Brussels is left with the difficult choice of either accepting a non-European method (aldutery laws) for correcting a holdover from the Caliphate or rejecting the adultery laws with the potential consequence of retaining polygamy in the Turkish countryside.

I personally think this issue is symbolic of the larger divide between parts of the Turkish rural community that haven’t fully incorporated the Kemalist ideology and those who embrace Kemal and wish to see his dream of a “Western” Turkey fulfilled. And I think that divide will become more evident as the EU works through Turkey’s membership bid.

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