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Tuğçe Yılmaz

'One in four children in Turkey goes to school hungry'

'One in four children in Turkey goes to school hungry'

We spoke with the Sulukule Volunteers Association about their efforts to support equal opportunities in education, the positive effects of providing one free meal at schools on children, and their proposed solutions to address this issue.

5 December 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Two million children in Turkey in ‘absolute poverty’

Two million children in Turkey in ‘absolute poverty’

This figure means that about one in every 10 children in the country lives in a state of absolute poverty, according to a TEPAV study.

15 November 2024

Child poverty in Turkey: ‘Meals skipped almost every day’

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY BY HDP

Child poverty in Turkey: ‘Meals skipped almost every day’

HDP MP Kaçmaz has requested that children’s right to be protected from poverty and social isolation be safeguarded and effective policies be put into effect for the children who do not have the means for a healthy life.

Report on extreme child poverty in Europe: Reference to Turkey

‘WAIVE ALL VAT TAXES ON FOOD’

Report on extreme child poverty in Europe: Reference to Turkey

According to the report prepared by Pierre-Alain Fridez and adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, nearly 385 million children have been living in extreme poverty worldwide.

Child poverty in Turkey: Scrap collector, peddler, textile worker

DEEP POVERTY NETWORK

Child poverty in Turkey: Scrap collector, peddler, textile worker

A study conducted by the Deep Poverty Network shows that children work in Turkey because the adults bringing money to the household cannot work due to illness or another reason or their income does not suffice to make ends meet.

13 September 2021

Expired baby food, one diaper at a time, tap water

DEEP POVERTY AND CHILDHOOD

Expired baby food, one diaper at a time, tap water

Selen Yüksel tells the story of babies who get poisoned because they drink tap water and the ones who are hospitalized because they eat expired baby formula. They are all from İstanbul’s Ataşehir, Beyoğlu, Çekmeköy, Fatih, Şişli, Ümraniye...

23 April 2021 Ayşegül Özbek