Protestors says its a charter for pedophiles, although the authorities maintain its designed to help legal challenges caused by widespread child marriage in the poorer rural parts of the country.

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Protestors are demanding the Bill be torn up.

A least three thousand people gathered in central Istanbul and large numbers were evident in Ankara, Izmir and Trabzon.

They’re saying the Bill proposed by the ruling  Justice and Development Party (AKP) legitimises  rape.

If it becomes law, men who sexually abused girls under 18 without force, threat or any restriction on consent over the past 11 years  and marry them could have their convictions quashed or avoid prosecution.

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