GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN IN TURKISH AND RUSSIAN LAW

Healthy society is related to the base child and the child s relationship with his/her family. The child s protection, upbringing and healthy development depend directly on the parents. The divorce of the mother and the father, the death of one or both of the parents, the disappearance, the lack of interest in the child are reason of question who will having guardianship.In this study, it will be tried to compare the children s rights in Turkish and Russian law. Although the guardianship of children are similar in the two legal systems, there are some differences. According to the Turkish and Russian law, the definition and legal nature of guardianship of children, having guardianship, the children who belong to the guardianship, scope and the usage of guardianship, the management and the use of child’s property, and the ending of guardianship and the conditions of lifting the guardianship are examined. As a result of the divorce in the study, common guardianship and giving a mother s surname to a child who has been given a guardianship leave as a divorced mother has been addressed