Personal consequences of divorce

Divorce is one of the reasons for the end of the union of marriage. Suit for divorce can be initiated due to general and specific causes. General causes of divorce are regulated in the article 166 of Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721). General causes of divorce are regulated under the heading of the breakdown of the marriage and it also includes uncontested divorce and impossibility of joint life. Specific causes of divorce are regulated in the articles between 161 and 165. At the end of the divorce, a number of results affecting parents and children may occur. Those are individual and economic results. While individual results of divorce have an influence on both partners, waiting period for women and last name of women are the effects on only women. Guardianship of children should be organized and individual relation should be established.