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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 132: 2. Waiting period for the woman

Book Two: FAMILY LAW › Part One: LAW OF MARRIAGE › Chapter One: MARRIAGE › Division Two: CAPACITY TO MARRY AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE A. Conditions of capacity

If a marriage has ended, the woman may not marry until three hundred days have elapsed from the end of the marriage.

The period ends upon giving birth.

The court shall waive this period where it is established that the woman is not pregnant from her previous marriage, or where the spouses whose marriage has ended wish to remarry each other.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 132 · 2. Kadın için bekleme süresi

Evlilik sona ermişse, kadın, evliliğin sona ermesinden başlayarak üçyüz gün geçmedikçe evlenemez.

Doğurmakla süre biter.

Kadının önceki evliliğinden gebe olmadığının anlaşılması veya evliliği sona eren eşlerin yeniden birbiriyle evlenmek istemeleri hâllerinde mahkeme bu süreyi kaldırır.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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