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The Court of Cassation, Türkiye’s highest appeals court for civil and criminal cases, has ruled that a woman bears fault in a divorce case for keeping messages exchanged with a former boyfriend.
The couple married in 2020 and later filed divorce lawsuits against each other. A family court examined the divorce along with child custody, alimony, compensation and arrangements for personal contact with the child.
Lawyers for both sides appealed the local court's and the regional appeals court's decisions, taking the case to the Court of Cassation. Regional appeals courts in Türkiye review local court rulings before cases can reach the Court of Cassation.
The court’s Second Civil Chamber said the woman was at fault for not deleting her messages with her former boyfriend.
The ruling noted that the records were dated to 2014, six years before the couple married. The chamber said messages exchanged before the marriage cannot be counted as fault. It added that keeping them was still considered a fault.
The decision stated that this fault should be assigned to the woman in addition to her other existing faults. The court concluded that both spouses were equally at fault.
Finding neither side’s appeal justified, the court unanimously upheld the Regional Court of Appeals decision on Sept. 21, 2026.
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