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Reform of Marriage Law

Turkey · Government / Government of Turkey. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1925–1926Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1925

Maustafa Kemal AtaturkMarch 1925

Ankara · Government / Government of Turkey

Polygamy is outlawed

1926

Maustafa Kemal Ataturk1 September 1926

Ankara · Government / Government of Turkey

Civil marriage is made compulsory

Names involved

Maustafa Kemal Ataturk

Provenance

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