Özet:

The Exercise of Parental custody under Turkish civil code and Joint custody after Divorce and for Unmarried Parents in accordance with the Principle of the Best Interests of the childof factors the child needs in a custody and/or access arrangement that will sustain his or her adjustment and development”. Besides “any conclusions regarding a child’s best interest should incorporate the child’s age-specific and related developmental needs. Therefore, whatever criteria are relied on for decision making should be adjusted to reflect these changing needs”. According to developmental psychologists, continuity and stability are vital for children whose parents live apart from each other. Stability has often been defined taking into consideration a child who needs one home base (for example one bed, one toothbrush and one route to school). However, because of disrupting the relationship of the child to the non-residential parent particularly in case of divorce when the judge awards sole custody to one parent and the parents of the child live apart from each other, one home base model emphasizing geographic and residential stability has not been supported anymore. Taking into account that in respect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration, joint custody after divorce and for unmarried parents is a subject that should be examined

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