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Two new reports highlight violations of children's rights in Türkiye

WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY

Two new reports highlight violations of children's rights in Türkiye

Two new reports published on World Children's Day reflect on violations of children's rights in Türkiye, with one reporting on numbers of children killed and injured due to armed conflict in east and southeast parts of the country and other one on child workers killed on job in the last ten years.

20 November 2022

‘At least 787 child workers have lost their lives in Turkey in the AKP era’

WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY

‘At least 787 child workers have lost their lives in Turkey in the AKP era’

While the Health and Safety Labor Watch released a report on the occupational homicides of children on November 20 World Children’s Day, CHP MP Aydoğan raised concerns that 345 children and 780 babies are in prison with their mothers.

22 November 2021

Pandemic in Turkey: 'Violence against children, women has increased by 27.8 percent'

NOVEMBER 20 WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY

Pandemic in Turkey: 'Violence against children, women has increased by 27.8 percent'

On the occasion of November 20 World Children’s Day, the Human Rights Association (İHD) Children’s Rights Commission has shared the rights violations faced by children during the pandemic: Earthquake, distance education, child labor…

20 November 2020

'Nearly 60,000 children abused in Turkey in three years'

WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY

'Nearly 60,000 children abused in Turkey in three years'

MP Tanrıkulu has shared statistics about children's rights in the country.

20 November 2020

State of Turkey’s children

NOVEMBER 20 WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY

State of Turkey’s children

Even though some steps have been taken about children’s rights in Turkey, several children still cannot access their rights. Here are some TurkStat statistics on child labor, child marriage, juveniles pushed into crime, nourishment and schooling...

20 November 2020

Parliamentary Question About Child Labor on World Children’s Day

NOVEMBER 20 WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY

Parliamentary Question About Child Labor on World Children’s Day

On the occasion of November 20 World Children’s Day, main opposition CHP MP Barut has submitted a Parliamentary question on child labor. “Children are mistreated because laws are exploited or not enforced,” the MP has said.

20 November 2019

Turkey Fails in Children's Rights

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY

Turkey Fails in Children's Rights

On the World Children's Day 2011, a part of the children in Turkish prisons is still being kept in adult prisons and there are still reservations on "language rights and cultural identity" as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.