The legal status of transsexuals in Turkey

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Atamer, Yesim M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Art.40 of the New Turkish Civil Code; Transsexuals in Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33644619806     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v08n01_06     Document Type: Review

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