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Özge Sebzeci

The dress worn by a 14 year-old bride to is laid out after her wedding day to an 18 year-old. Sebzeci attended the wedding but was not allowed to take pictures. “[The bride's] eyes were full of emotion" Sebzeci recalls. "She was definitely afraid and surprised and trying to understand why all of the attention was on her. She was smiling sometimes as well. It was a powerful moment.”

M., 17, pushes her daughter in a stroller outside their home in Kayseri. M. was married when she was 14 and became pregnant shortly thereafter. Her husband left her 20 days after she gave birth to their daughter. She says he was abusive and she is relieved that he is gone but struggles to care for her child by herself. She recently started working as a pharmacy assistant and supports her family on the equivalent of £19 per week.

H. shows Sebzeci her engagement ring and dress before her engagement party. "H. asked for a teddy bear when I asked her what she wanted for her engagement," Sebzeci says. H.'s suitor was a friend of her brother's, who gave his hand at the wedding.

İ., 20, and A., 17, with their 5-day-old baby at their home in Kayseri. The couple were engaged in Syria 5 days later, İ. stepped onto a mine and lost his leg. He is now a day labourer at mobile phone shops or with shoemakers. They are happy that A. gave birth without complications.