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The founder of an influential religious foundation in Turkey has been sentenced to almost 19 years in prison in a historic child marriage case that has caused widespread outrage. The marriage – which took place in 2004 – saw the man’s 6-year-old daughter wed a 29-year-old, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. The incident came to court after the daughter filed a lawsuit in late 2020. The girl’s father was convicted of sexual abuse, while her husband was sentenced to 36 years in prison for child sexual abuse and sexual coercion. The men were initially sentenced to 30 and 20 years, b…

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