CASE OF YAVUZ NAL AND OTHERS v. TURKEY
Violation of Article 14+8-1 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life;Article 8-1 - Respect for private life)
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Ledi Bianku;Paul Lemmens
4. Following their respective marriages, the applicants had to take their husbands’ surnames pursuant to the Civil Code. On various dates, they initiated proceedings before the first instance courts seeking permission to use only their maiden names. Their requests were rejected on the ground that according to Article 187 of the Civil Code, married women had to bear their husbands’ name throughout their marriage and were not permitted to use their maiden name alone. The details of the applications appear in the attached table.