First mufti marriage performed in Turkey’s southeast

A mufti in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır conducted a legal marriage on Nov. 16, the first time after a controversial bill passed in parliament authorized religious officials from the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to conduct marriages. 

Ahmet Durmuş, the mufti of Diyarbakır’s Bismil district, performed the marriage of Özlem Sevim and Mehmet Emin.