POLYGAMY BANNED.
NEW CIVIL CODE IN TURKEY. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Sydney “Sun” Service. Received Dec. 14, 5.5 p.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1.1. The new civil code, superseding the Moslem divorce laws, abolishes the husband’s powers to divorce without recourse to the law courts, prohibits polygamy, declares second marriages null, and permits divorce on the grounds of incompatability.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 15 December 1925, Page 9
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57POLYGAMY BANNED. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 15 December 1925, Page 9
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