Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1899 — Turkish Women’s Rights. [ARTICLE]

Turkish Women’s Rights.

The Turkish woman is marriageable at the age of 9 years, and by Turkish law at that age, if married, she is competent to manage her property and dispose of one-third of her fortune. The law allows her to abandon her husband’s house for just cause, and will protect her In so doing. She cannot be compelled to labor for the support of her husband.