TURKEY'S Islamic-rooted ruling party will press ahead with its plan to criminalise adultery despite earlier statements the controversial measure had been shelved, a party member said yesterday.

Turkey’s Islamic-rooted ruling party is planning to reintroduce a proposal to criminalise adultery, despite saying the controversial measure had been shelved.

Amid protests from women’s groups and warnings from the EU, Turkey’s government agreed to measures that would appear to scuttle its plans to introduce legislation making adultery a crime.