To topaz re turkish men

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Jul 8, 2008 at 17:49

One thing you must remember above all else is that turkish men leave their wives without a second thought. You might find yourself and possibly your child abandoned by him and never hear from him again. This happened to a canadian woman i know. She married her turkish man here ( the marriage wasn't registered in Turkey ) and had a son and one day he suddenly left for Turkey and she learned through people that he had married a second woman in Turkey without divorcing his first wife. She had been trying to get legal inheritance rights for her son with no success and have him charged with bigamy. fat chance of any legal repercussions for bigamy.

My husband probably also has a second wife through a religious marriage. She had possibly been in the picture the whole time, even before my marriage and i was the "bank" that was going to pay for their wedding i guess. Ouch. I had no clue. Neither will you. Anyway the point is that they quite commonly abandon wives and disappear. Life there is a mirage. Read my posts.

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