Turkish Supreme Court recognizes woman's sex-change operation

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Turkish Supreme Court recognizes woman's sex-change operation
Daily News
01 August, 2010


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=green-light-to-gender-transformation-2010-08-01


he Supreme Court of Appeals has urged a lower court to recognize the new identity of a Turkish person who underwent a sex-change operation in Germany and became a woman, daily Radikal reported Sunday.

The high court made its decision after a verdict in a local Turkish court rejected the individual's demand for her new identity and name to be officially recognized in Turkey.