This time the woman is paying alimony: She asked authorities for help
In Ankara, Şengül Öz, who was ordered to pay alimony after divorcing her husband of 10 years, has requested help from the authorities.
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Living in Ankara, Şengül Öz, after 10 years of marriage, divorced her husband by mutual consent in 2022 due to severe irreconcilabledifferences. Stating that she gavecustody of the children to their father because her financial situation was not good, Özsaid that 3 years after the divorce, as a result of a lawsuit filedby her ex-husband, she was forced to payalimonyfor the two childrento her ex-husband.Stating that she is unemployed and experiencing health problems,Özrequested support from the authorities. "I believe that my living conditions were not taken into account in the alimony case."
Expressing that her financial situation is not goodand that she is therefore experiencing anxiety about the future,Şengül Öz said, "Myhusband and I divorced by mutual consent in 2022, and because of my financial situation,
I gave custody of the children to their father because I could not take care of them.During thisperiod, I started living with my grandmother.My grandmother was 82 percent disabled, and we were getting byon her pension.My grandmother passed away in March of last year. Naturally, anxiety about the future and anxiety about life have emerged for me as well.Iamnowinaverydifficult
situation. toemerge. While I was in this situation, my husband filed an alimony lawsuit againstme. I believe my living conditions were not taken into account in the alimony casebecause I am a person living in a house with a stoveand surviving on social assistance. I was ordered to paya monthly alimony of 12 thousand liras and the past9 months of alimonyamounts to100 thousand liras. Including lawyer fees and court costs, there is an amount of approximately 150-200 thousand lirasthat I have to pay. I live in a house that is below living standards. Even though I live in this house, how am I supposed to pay this 12 thousand lira alimony?I will face enforcement proceedings and I have no assets. My husband's situation is actuallygood. I feel anxious about the future. My health problemshave started to emerge, and this situation is lowering my quality of life.I am not blaming anyone,I just want my realliving conditions to be examined," she said."Let him give me the alimony, I want to take care of my children myself."Stating that she cannot workcontinuouslydue to health problems,she added.She noted thatshe is strugglingto make ends meet.
She emphasized that the current legalruling is unfair.
She is calling onthe authorities toreview her case. Öz said, "I am living on state aid. How can I pay alimony that is even more than my rent? I am not saying that alimony should be abolished, but I do not have the financial means to pay it. I am not working right now. I have health problems that require surgery. Sometimes I go to clean houses. I go to work for 2 days, and I cannot go for 3 days. I am dealing with my health problems. I was married for 10 years and had 2 children, one of whom has atypical autism. My ex-husband and I did not get along; we had incompatibility. We decided that we should divorce.
According to our uncontested divorce, we did not demand anything from each other. Without demanding anything, I just took a few of my belongings and left and started living with my grandmother. I am calling out to the authorities; I want this matter to be thoroughly investigated. Because I do not have the power to pay this money. Since my financial situation was not good, I gave custody of the children to their father. I cannot take care of my children in the house where I live. In that case, let the father give me custody of the children. I will move to a nice house. I love my children very much, my children.I will also be a mother to them. I am always by their side. I childrenam willing to take care of them. Let him pay the alimony to me, childrenI want to take care of them myself," she said.