In Turkey, women must wait 300 days before they remarry

The 300-day waiting period dates back to the Ottoman-era Islamic sharia legislation, which was imposed to avoid paternal filiation disputes.

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In Italy we have the same law, it's just another safeguard to prevent excessive succession disputes, I don't see what's the problem.
- The problem is if such a law only applies to the women
  
  Men cannot get pregnant, what would be the point of having it apply to men too?

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