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Bride gets 3 kg of gold as gift in Kurdish tribal wedding in southeast Turkey
Bride gets 3 kg of gold as gift in Kurdish tribal wedding in southeast Turkey
A bride has received a total of 3 kilograms of gold as a gift at a wedding of a Kurdish tribe in southeastern Turkey. Click through for the story in photos...
The wedding took place in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on Aug. 26.
Celal Geçgel, who is the son of a leading member of the Shedadi tribe, married Yasemin Özdemir from the Dinay tribe.
According to Demirören News Agency, nearly 2,000 guests who attended the ceremony gifted the couple a total of 3 kg of gold and golden accessories, which were worth more than $116,000.
The wedding at the Cumhuriyet complex in Şanlıurfa was also attended by members of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as well as Iraqi-Kurdish businessmen.
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