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Six children drown in sea or ponds in four days

Six children drown in sea or ponds in four days

Children have lost their lives by drowning or have been rescued while they were about to drown in sea or ponds in different provinces of Turkey.

The impact of climate crisis and fossil fuels on child health

AS THE CLIMATE AND WORLD CHANGE - 4

The impact of climate crisis and fossil fuels on child health

Climate change is the most vital threat facing today's children - and their children.

10 June 2021 Çiğdem Çağlayan,Funda Gacal

Hit by a concrete mixer, child loses her life

Hit by a concrete mixer, child loses her life

4-year-old Zeynep Meryem Özlek, on her way to a market with her mother and two siblings, was hit by a concrete mixer driven C.Ç. while she was crossing the street.

23 February 2021

Syrian child killed in Samsun province

Syrian child killed in Samsun province

16-year-old Eymen Hammamı from Syria was reportedly stabbed to death in a fight between two groups in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Samsun.

14 September 2020

Having Chased Children With a Gun in Mardin, Police Officer Suspended from Duty

Having Chased Children With a Gun in Mardin, Police Officer Suspended from Duty

The Sub-Governor’s Office of Nusaybin has announced that the police officer who chased children playing in front of their homes with a gun and fired his gun into the air has been suspended from duty and investigated.

“Toys are Forbidden in Prison Wards”

NOVEMBER 20 UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY

“Toys are Forbidden in Prison Wards”

Cansu Şekerci from the CİSST has spoken about children staying in prison with their mothers: “It is forbidden to have toys in wards. Children are away from not only nature and social life but games as well.” Child inmates can also be held together with adults.

20 November 2018 Ayça Söylemez

On Universal Children’s Day, 893 Thousand Children Work in Turkey

On Universal Children’s Day, 893 Thousand Children Work in Turkey

In the 29th year of the adoption of Convention on the Rights of the Child, 15 thousand children die of preventable diseases a day, 155 million children are malnourished and one out of every five children cannot go to school across the world.

20 November 2018

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

CHP MP Tanrıkulu has presented a report documenting the right to life violations committed against children in recent years. The report has shown that while child mortality from violence and occupational homicides has not decreased, extrajudicial executions have seen a dramatic increase in 2015 and 2016.

Law Draft on Sexual Abuse Discussed by 2 Subsidiary Committees

Law Draft on Sexual Abuse Discussed by 2 Subsidiary Committees

The law draft on sexual abuse has been discussed by the Committee on Equal Opportunity for Men and Women and the Committee on Health, Family, Labor and Social Affairs.

Arjen from Cizre Corresponds With Alp: Us Kids of Our Country…

Arjen from Cizre Corresponds With Alp: Us Kids of Our Country…

Arjen from Cizre responded to 12-year-old Alp: “Hello my dear friend. Us kids of our country and the world; we should be conscious for saying stop to the war.”

17 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

A Letter from 12-Year-Old Alp to Cizre Children

A Letter from 12-Year-Old Alp to Cizre Children

Alp (12) from İstanbul wrote a letter to Cizre children: “I hear news from your city and I know it isn’t right but don’t bother I‘ll say stop to all of these when I grow up.”

16 September 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

11 Year Old Declared Brain-Dead Due to Gas Bomb Injury

11 Year Old Declared Brain-Dead Due to Gas Bomb Injury

Medical officials declared 11 year old M.A. brain-dead on Thursday, after a gas bomb fired by the police during a demonstration landed on his head while he was on his way back home in the southern province of Adana.

They sat in for Armenian Intellectuals and the Children

SATURDAY MOTHERS

They sat in for Armenian Intellectuals and the Children

Saturday mothers staged a sit in for the children and Armenian intellectuals disappeared in custody earlier on April 23rd Children's Day and April 24th, the anniversary of the disappearance of Armenian intellectuals on April 21, Saturday.

23 April 2012 Nilay Vardar

Teacher Tortures Primary School Student in Class

VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL

Teacher Tortures Primary School Student in Class

Primary school teacher F.N. was suspended after she had kicked a six-year-old student in class. The teachers' union demands a thorough investigation of the general situation at the school in southern Turkey and emphasized that the resignation of one or two people is not enough.

21 April 2010 Semra Pelek