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Between State Law and Religious Law: Islamic Family Law in Turkey

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2020
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Temel, A. (2020). Between State Law and Religious Law: Islamic Family Law in Turkey. Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL), 8, 68–76. https://www.ejimel.uzh.ch

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This paper considers the history of Islamic family law and its current applications in Turkey. As the heir of the last Muslim empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey chose an abrupt revolution in its legal system; in 1926, it cut all ties to Islamic law, which was the main law of the land during the Ottoman Empire. Secularization of the law was not uncommon among modern nation states including those, which had Muslim majority populations. However, most of these Muslim majority states allowed Islamic law to govern the pr

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  • Temel, Ahmet

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8

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1

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68

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76

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English

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2020

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2020-05-13

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Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies (CIMELS), University of Zurich

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1664-5707

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272 since deposited on 2020-05-13
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692 since deposited on 2020-05-13
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Temel, A. (2020). Between State Law and Religious Law: Islamic Family Law in Turkey. Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL), 8, 68–76. https://www.ejimel.uzh.ch

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