TURKEY’S WIVES.
■ONE OR MORE?” CONTROVERSY.
London, Feb. 22The question of polygamy versus monogamy is involved in the new Family Rights Bill, which will be debated shortly in the Angora Assembly, says the Constantinople correspond dent of “The Times.” The question is already arousing keenest popular interest, and the columns of the Press are filled daily with letters from correspondents arguing the merits of the tw o systems from every conceivable viewpointApart, however, from arguments based on ethical and sociological considerations, th© question seems likely to be decided mainly on economic grounds. Whereas the dearness of living has strengthened the arguments of the educated classes in favour of monogamy it has had a contrary effect in the case of the poorer peasant classes in Anatolia, where wives are a source of direct profit to husbandsSince peasants form the majority of the nation, and polygamy is considered the best means of quickly furnishing the population of which the country stands in such need, it is likelv that polygamy will remain permissable.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 80, 12 March 1924, Page 5
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