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The Statistical Office of Serbia (RSZ) has announced that a 2.8 percent decrease in the number of marriages was recorded in 2016, compared to 2015.

The number went from 36,949 in 2015 to 35,921 in 2016.

A court in Istanbul has banned a mother from sharing the pictures of her children on social media in a divorce case. 

The Istanbul Beykoz Family Court has found a father justified in his claims that his wife was "making an invitation for abuse" by sharing their children's pictures online, daily Vatan reported on June 30.

Turkey has witnessed a dramatic rise in its divorce rate over the past 10 years with an increase of 82 percent, according to 2016 figures from the general directorate of criminal records and statistics. 

A boy dressed in a blue robe pulls a face at the lens, his energy and youth out of place in the austere atmosphere of the religious procession with the icon he's a part of in the village of Prokopi on Evia. In another photograph, nine young women and girls walk single file along a trail carrying a groom's dowry on their heads to the bride's house.

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis has put to public consultation a draft bill that will significantly speed up the process of uncontested divorce.

If the legislation is passed, couples that agree to dissolve their union will be able to settle any differences arising from issues such as separation of property, custody and child support, etc, with a simple notarial act.

The İzmir provincial directorate of the Family and Social Policies Ministry has stirred controversy amid reports that it will restrict the gender of children granted to custodial parents, daily Habertürk reported on May 4. 

An Istanbul court has rejected the divorce application of a man who wanted to legally separate from his wife, demanding evidence that he did not love his wife. 

The 54-year-old man, a retired apartment janitor, filed a divorce, saying that he does not love his wife anymore. The court in return wanted him to provide evidence and have some witnesses. 

Former Greek porn star Julia Alexandratou is officially single after signing her divorce papers in Austria. The blonde TV celebrity met with her now ex-husband Christian Karpozilos in Vienna to conclude the final details of their divorce. They separated on good terms as they later celebrated their separation with a dinner. “I came to Vienna to sign my final divorce documents.

The rate of divorces has increased over the course of Greece's economic crisis, with the most recent available statistics showing a third of marriages ending in divorce compared to two in 10 before the recession.

Turkey's Justice Ministry has prepared a new regulation that would recognize the legal divorces of Turkish couples living overseas in Turkey as well, Doğan News Agency has reported.