DIYARBAKIR (Aftenposten): In parts of Turkey, every third woman marries as a child. But in one neighborhood, a leader put his foot down.
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The only thing she remembers from her wedding day is the beauty salon. Her future husband’s family sent her there to arrange hair and makeup. The 14-year-old sat in the chair and stared at himself in the mirror. The tears would not stop flowing.
– They said to me: “Please do not cry, we are trying to put on your makeup.” But I just thought, what am I doing here?
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