Tunçbilek E
Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Pediatr. 2001 Oct-Dec;43(4):277-9.
Turkey has a high rate of consanguineous marriages. Different nationwide surveys indicate that today 20-25% of marriages are consanguineous, with the rate having increased over the last 15 years. The results of many studies show that the rate of consanguinity among parents of children with rare recessive diseases is quite above Turkey's average and that the high consanguinity rate is one of the underlying factors of high infant and child mortality and fertility in Turkey.
土耳其近亲结婚率很高。不同的全国性调查表明，如今20%至25%的婚姻属于近亲婚姻，且这一比例在过去15年中有所上升。许多研究结果显示，患有罕见隐性疾病儿童的父母近亲结婚率远高于土耳其的平均水平，而高近亲结婚率是土耳其婴幼儿高死亡率和高生育率的潜在因素之一。
