It has been revealed that Turkish law currently allows reductions in prison sentences for rapists who agree to marry their victims.
This has been such a popular option that in 2002, 546 men took advantage of the loop hole and married their victims.
This law comes to light after reports of a 13 year old girl was married off by her family to her rapist who paid them 10 billion Turkish pounds ($9600) for their daughters hand.
The young girl was married off by her farm-working parents last month in a ceremony at the local prison after they, and two witnesses, testified before a court that she was three years older than officially believed.
In a statement, the little girl said "They sold me for 10 or 12 billion pounds. With it, my father wanted to buy himself a truck."
The parents now face charges of lying to public officials about the girls age and face a possible sentence of three to eight years.
The Turkish parliament is in the process of amending the law to close the loophole.
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