LEVENTOĞLU ABDULKADİROĞLU v. TURKEY

The case concerned the complaint by a woman that, under Turkish law, she was not allowed to keep just her maiden name in official documents after getting married, whereas married men kept their surname. The Court held that this difference in treatment on grounds of sex between persons in an analogous situation had no objective and reasonable justification. Accordingly, the obligation imposed on married women to bear their husband’s surname – even if they could put their maiden name in front of it – had no objective and reasonable justification, in breach of Article 8 in conjunction with Article 14.

Topics

• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• Europe
• Turkey

Keywords

• gender-based discrimination
• maiden name

Year

• 2013

External URL

• LEVENTOĞLU ABDULKADİROĞLU v. TURKEY

Court

• European Court of Human Rights

Type

• International Case Law

Jurisdiction

• European Court of Human Rights