Turkey could introduce new law allowing rapists to marry their underage victims
Turkey could introduce a new law allowing men to avoid prosecution if they marry girls they've raped or had underage sex with.
The "marry your rapist" bill is set to be introduced to parliament at the end of the month.
It has outraged women's rights campaigners who say the law will pave the way for child exploitation and legitimise child marriage and statutory rape.
A similar bill failed in 2016 following international outrage.
The law would have pardoned men if they had sex "without force or threat
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