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A Woman's Right and Obligation to Carry her Husband's Name

A Woman's Right and Obligation to Carry her Husband's Name

Sırma Oya Tekvar Geray opened a case in order to abolish her husband's surname and bear her maiden name only. The court dropped procedures in the first hearing. "No one can object to carrying her husband's surname since it is the right of a women", the court reasoned.

17 December 2010 Berivan Tapan