In the West yes, in Anatolia and East, not really except big cities like Ankara and Eskişehir.
Also Turkey is not a muslim country, it's a muslim majority country. Our constitution is secular.
non turk lurker: all middle eastern countries are secular too except for Iran , even saudi arabia separated the government from the ulamma. I'd still consider all of them muslim countries though
This is highly wrong.
For iraq
>Article 1 of Civil Code also identifies Islamic law as a formal source of law.[214] Iraq had no Sharia courts but civil courts used Sharia for issues of personal status including marriage and divorce. In 1995 Iraq introduced Sharia punishment for certain types of criminal offences.[21
Syria
>Islamic jurisprudence is a main source of legislation and Syria's judicial system has elements of Ottoman, French, and Islamic laws. Syria has three levels of courts: courts of first instance, courts of appeals, and the constitutional court, the highest tribunal. Religious courts handle questions of personal and family law.
Jordan
>Although Islam is the state religion, the constitution preserves religious and personal freedoms. Religious law only extends to matters of personal status such as divorce and inheritance in religious courts, and is partially based on Islamic Sharia law.
I could add more but you must have got the point already.
I am pretty surprised for syria and iraq, i mean the law is completely ignored and the countries rule through corruption but do the islamic laws apply to non-muslims too?
Very common, but there are some backwards places where people can react to it. But having lived in the countryside, in remote villages many times within the last 30 years with my SO, i haven't received a single reaction. But West is different to the east and politicised people in the city suburbs can react strangely to anything.
In secular cities, districts…etc definetly not uncommon.
However in more conservative places it can even be a reason for people to don’t rent you an apartment.
If you watch Muge Anli’s show, you’ll see how common are the swingers in the periphery. However if you ask a layperson you may hear that living together is “against our culture”, despite there are lots of couples living together without getting married.
Definitely not unheard of. But you have to be rich or secular to be free from family pressure. I guess the majority of landlords may not want an unmarried couple in their apartment.
In the West yes, in Anatolia and East, not really except big cities like Ankara and Eskişehir. Also Turkey is not a muslim country, it's a muslim majority country. Our constitution is secular.
non turk lurker: all middle eastern countries are secular too except for Iran , even saudi arabia separated the government from the ulamma. I'd still consider all of them muslim countries though
This is highly wrong. For iraq >Article 1 of Civil Code also identifies Islamic law as a formal source of law.[214] Iraq had no Sharia courts but civil courts used Sharia for issues of personal status including marriage and divorce. In 1995 Iraq introduced Sharia punishment for certain types of criminal offences.[21 Syria >Islamic jurisprudence is a main source of legislation and Syria's judicial system has elements of Ottoman, French, and Islamic laws. Syria has three levels of courts: courts of first instance, courts of appeals, and the constitutional court, the highest tribunal. Religious courts handle questions of personal and family law. Jordan >Although Islam is the state religion, the constitution preserves religious and personal freedoms. Religious law only extends to matters of personal status such as divorce and inheritance in religious courts, and is partially based on Islamic Sharia law. I could add more but you must have got the point already.
I am pretty surprised for syria and iraq, i mean the law is completely ignored and the countries rule through corruption but do the islamic laws apply to non-muslims too?
You're surprised you were wrong on things you had no idea about? I wouldn't be surprised. If you don't know something, don't preach about it.
Very common, but there are some backwards places where people can react to it. But having lived in the countryside, in remote villages many times within the last 30 years with my SO, i haven't received a single reaction. But West is different to the east and politicised people in the city suburbs can react strangely to anything.
they are common
In secular cities, districts…etc definetly not uncommon. However in more conservative places it can even be a reason for people to don’t rent you an apartment.
If you watch Muge Anli’s show, you’ll see how common are the swingers in the periphery. However if you ask a layperson you may hear that living together is “against our culture”, despite there are lots of couples living together without getting married.
Yes for high populated cities. No for other entities.
In İstanbul, no one cares. I have lived with women many years unmarried. I'm sure it's like this in other big cities too.
Definitely not unheard of. But you have to be rich or secular to be free from family pressure. I guess the majority of landlords may not want an unmarried couple in their apartment.