ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to determine the opin-ions of the jurists and society about marital rape. The ques-tionnaires were completed by 170 jurists and 480 from the society.

48 % of the jurists, 71 % of the ones from the society and 65 % ın general, agree that the forced sexual intercourse in the marriage is a rape erime. As more than the half of the participants have agreement, marital rape should be seri-ously discussed to be reserved in Turkish laws as a rape erime.