Turkish Supreme Court rules woman guilty of heavy fault for secretly installing listening device in husband's car

Turkey’s Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) upheld lower‑court rulings that a woman who secretly placed a recording and listening device in her husband’s vehicle acted as “heavy fault” in their divorce. The couple, married in 2021, had struggled with unsuccessful IVF attempts, leading the husband to accuse his wife of turning to occult practices and of extreme jealousy. He filed for divorce, citing the hidden device as psychological violence. The regional court classified the covert surveillance as a serious breach of marital trust and denied the woman any alimony or compensation. The appellate court affirmed the decision, confirming that the illegal monitoring constitutes heavy fault, while the husband was found only “lightly faulted.” The ruling sets a precedent for family‑law cases involving covert electronic surveillance in Turkey.