This article, which is based on data collected by Women for Women’s Human Rights in eastern Turkey within the framework of the international Women and Law action-research program, examines laws and practices related to important elements in shaping the context of women’s sexuality: civil versus religious marriages, bride prices, polygyny, women’s consent to marriage, reproductive health, the possible consequences of extramarital relationships for women, and domestic violence. The analysis is based on interviews conducted with 599 women in eastern Turkey.

Pinar Ilkkaracan
Mary Hunt, Patricia B. Jung and Radhika Balakrishnan (ed.)
Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World’s Religions
Rutgers University Press
New Jersey, 2001