Turkish officials investigate fake divorces
January 19, 2016
Turkish social security officials have expressed alarm at a recent surge in faked divorces.
Investigators from the Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu (SGK – Turkish Social Security Institution) have uncovered 1,700 women in the western city of Izmir who claimed to have divorced their husbands while continuing to live with them. The investigators, called ‘supervisors’, made surprise visits to the homes of those thought to be cheating the system.
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