PART III JURISDICTION, LAW AND APPEALS
Jurisdiction

8.-(1)The Turkish Family Courts shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine religious matters and shall, subject to the provisions of section 3, have exclusive jurisdiction in matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of "religious matters" in section 2, notwithstanding that one of the parties to a betrothal or marriage is a non-moslem woman who has betrothed or married a moslem man.

(2) The Turkish Family Courts shall exercise the powers conferred on District Courts by the Guardianship of Infants and Prodigals Law in respect of infants and prodigals who are the issue of a marriage valid under the Turkish Family (Marriage and Divorce) Law, or where the infant or prodigal is not the issue of a lawful marriage and the mother is a moslem of Turkish race.

Appeals from Turkish Family Courts

9. Every decision of a Turkish Family Court shall be subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court and such appeal shall be heard and determined in accordance with any Law or Rules of Court in force for the time being relating to appeals to the Supreme Court in civil cases.

Law to be applied

10. Every Turkish Family Court, in taking cognizance of, or dealing with, any religious matter under this Law or any other Law in force for the time being, and the Supreme Court on appeal, shall apply-

(a) the Sheri Law save as other provision has been or shall be made by any Law;

(b) any Law or public instrument dealing with any religious matter, which provides that it shall be applied by a Turkish Family Court.

Application of certain Laws

11.-(1) The enactments set out in the first column of the Second Schedule shall apply to all proceedings in a Turkish Family Court to the extent and subject to the modifications set out in the second column thereof, and a Turkish Family Court shall be deemed to be a Court within the meaning of the enactments applied in whole or in part by this section.

(2) Rules of Court made to regulate the practice and procedure in relation to matters contained in the enactments applied in whole or in part by this section, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to proceedings in a Turkish Family Court.