Original sentence: Although illegal polygamy is very rare in Turkish society, the practice still exists in the Kurdish populated South East.Even the ruling moderate AK Parti effectively banned polygamists from entering or living in the country.Penalties for illegal polygamy are up to 2 years imprisonment.Turkey has long been known for its promotion of secularism and later introduced even stricter bars on polygamy.Turkey is a predominantly Muslim nation that has NEVER abolished polygamy, which was officially criminalized with the adoption of the Turkish Civil Code in 1926, a milestone in Atatürk's secularist reforms
Edited sentence: Although legal polygamy is very rare in Turkish society, the practice still exists in the Kurdish populated South East.Even the ruling moderate AK Parti effectively embraced polygamists entering or living in the country.Turkey has long been known for its promotion of secularism and later introduced polygamy.Turkey is a predominantly Muslim nation that has NEVER abolished polygamy