When he realised bride was a frightened child, this Turkish wedding photographer snapped
Onur Albayrak is being hailed a hero, after he tried to stop a wedding and broke the groom’s nose when he saw the child bride trembling with fear
A Turkish photographer was hailed a hero on Wednesday after stepping in to stop a man from marrying a 15-year-old girl amid concerns over rising numbers of child marriages in Turkey.
Onur Albayrak, a wedding photographer, was employed to document a wedding on July 5 in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya.
But when he saw the bride at Malatya’s Turgut Özal Nature Park, he noticed she was very young and trembling with fear, according to one of Turkey’s largest newspapers, the Hurriyet Daily News.
After learning the bride was only 15, Albayrak tried to stop the wedding and broke the groom’s nose in an ensuing scuffle.
Very often for social reasons people don’t want to make a scene so I am really happy he did this. He should be hailed as a hero
On his Facebook page, Albayrak wrote: “Child bride is also child abuse”, adding that he hoped such an incident would not happen again, but was praised for his actions.