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Report: At least 343 children died from preventable causes in Turkey in first half of 2024

Report: At least 343 children died from preventable causes in Turkey in first half of 2024

FİSA's report emphasizes that the deaths of these children are not 'natural' and that a child’s natural course should be to grow and develop.

'Forty-eight children's right to life violated in Kurdish regions in 10 months'

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

'Forty-eight children's right to life violated in Kurdish regions in 10 months'

The report highlights that at least 191 children were detained, and three children were arrested as a result of violations against their freedom and safety.

20 November 2023

Over 80 people, including children, drowned in irrigation canals in 1.5 months

Over 80 people, including children, drowned in irrigation canals in 1.5 months

An oposition MP has cricitized the authorities for lack of precautions after the drowning of three children within a week in the same district in Mersin.

Education minister's statement on opening girls' schools draws backlash from opposition

Education minister's statement on opening girls' schools draws backlash from opposition

The minister said they may open girls' schools as some families don't want their daughters to study with boys.

Top prosecutor challenges acquittal decision in case of 4-year-old's killing

LEYLA AYDEMİR CASE

Top prosecutor challenges acquittal decision in case of 4-year-old's killing

All seven defendants, including the child's uncle who had previously been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, were acquitted in the retrial.

Controversial release of Quran course staff in 'child torture' case in Erzurum

Controversial release of Quran course staff in 'child torture' case in Erzurum

Some parents and children had withdrawn their complaints after facing "social pressure," an association who took up the case for the tortured children said in a statement.

Three children drown in irrigation canals, one still missing after five days

Three children drown in irrigation canals, one still missing after five days

One of the children was the son of a family of seasonal agricultural workers and two were Syrian refugees.

Child labor increased in Turkey in 2022, official figures show

Child labor increased in Turkey in 2022, official figures show

Children make up more than 25 percent of Turkey's population, according to the TurkStat figures.

Erdoğan issues circular on child rights

Erdoğan issues circular on child rights

The circular on Child Rights Strategy Document and Action Plan in Turkey was published in the Official Gazette today. According to the data of TurkStat, 42 percent of children cannot consume dairy products every day.

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

Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights

Rights groups announce new project for children's mother tongue rights

The project aims to monitor children's access to the right to mother tongue education and cultural rights.

11 November 2022

Campaign against compulsory religion classes

Campaign against compulsory religion classes

Freedom of Belief Initiative in Türkiye started a campaign where they say "our lesson is not religion, but religions and beliefs."

10 November 2022

Detained journalist 'waited for hours to breastfeed newborn baby'

Detained journalist 'waited for hours to breastfeed newborn baby'

"Also, a 48-day-old baby needs to be breastfed every 2 hours, but Zemo was able to breastfeed the baby six hours later," says the spouse of Zemo Ağgöz, who is one of the 11 Kurdish journalists who were detained in yesterday's raids.

26 October 2022 Ayşegül Özbek

Two-year old killed after falling off balcony in İstanbul; report suggests she was abused

Two-year old killed after falling off balcony in İstanbul; report suggests she was abused

A two-year-old child was killed after reportedly failing off a balcony. Medical reports indicate that she had been raped.

8 September 2022

Three child workers killed on the job in three days

Three child workers killed on the job in three days

At least 556 children died while working in the last nine years in Turkey, according to a monitoring group.

Vocational high schools: 'They are not students but workers'

Vocational high schools: 'They are not students but workers'

Students experience workplace accidents just as adults do and safety measures at schools are not sufficient, says a new report by the FİSA Child Rights Center.

22 June 2022 Ayşegül Özbek

Man acquitted of 'abusing' his child despite forensic medicine report

Man acquitted of 'abusing' his child despite forensic medicine report

Forensic medicine reports indicated that the child was abused by her father, a former youth branch chair of the AKP in Selçuk, İzmir.

10 June 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Eight children drown in ponds, canals in three days

Eight children drown in ponds, canals in three days

Child drownings in ponds, rivers and irrigation canals increase every spring. Experts point out the lack of guardrails around canals.

At least 71 children died from preventable causes in April

FISA CHILD RIGHTS CENTER

At least 71 children died from preventable causes in April

Children are losing their lives as a result of preventable causes like traffic accidents or drowning

‘Turkey’s Parliament should listen to children’

HDP

‘Turkey’s Parliament should listen to children’

The Child Commission of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has released a statement about the problems and violations of rights faced by children in Turkey shortly after April 23, which is marked as the Children’s Day in the country.

Court says the officer who ran over 5-year-old child ‘cannot be attributed negligence’

Court says the officer who ran over 5-year-old child ‘cannot be attributed negligence’

The criminal court of first instance has handed down its detailed judgment in the trial of the police officer who had run over Efe Tektekin with an armored vehicle in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır and was acquitted by court.

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.

‘The state has once again disregarded the right to life’

‘The state has once again disregarded the right to life’

Rights and law groups have released a statement about the death of 16-year-old Aksem: “Penalizing the responsible parties by conducting an effective investigation will prevent similar incidents under the name of ‘accidents’."

Police officer who caused the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin acquitted

ARMORED VEHICLE CRASH

Police officer who caused the death of 5-year-old Efe Tektekin acquitted

The Tektekin family and the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center have announced that they will take the verdict of acquittal to the upper court.

Found dead in a shooting range of police, Aksem had 12 metal pieces in his body

PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY REPORT

Found dead in a shooting range of police, Aksem had 12 metal pieces in his body

Speaking about the killing of 16-year-old Muharrem Aksem in Urfa, the lawyer of the family has said that the shooting range near which Aksem was found dead does not comply with the regulations and pointed at negligence in his death.

Killing of child in firearms training ground: 'State should ensure that children live in safe places'

Killing of child in firearms training ground: 'State should ensure that children live in safe places'

A 16-year-old child was found dead with multiple bullet wounds in an area which police officers use as a training ground for firearm practice in Urfa province.

Bar Association: Two 5-year-olds taken into custody at Diyarbakır Newroz

COMPLAINT AGAINST PROSECUTOR

Bar Association: Two 5-year-olds taken into custody at Diyarbakır Newroz

The Diyarbakır Bar has announced that the children were detained due to their traditional wear and they were fingerprinted in the meantime. The Bar has filed a complaint against the law enforcement officers and prosecutor of the investigation.

16-year-old child found dead in a shooting range of the police in Urfa

STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

16-year-old child found dead in a shooting range of the police in Urfa

In a statement about the incident, the Governor’s Office of Urfa has stated that Muharrem Aksem, who was found dead in the shooting range of police, “might have lost his life after the explosion of an object that he had found on the ground”.

One person arrested over violence against children at a religious cult's dorm

One person arrested over violence against children at a religious cult's dorm

In his statement at the prosecutor’s office, Aykut E. said that he is a mining engineer, he joined the related association as an office worker in April 2021 and there is a male students’ dorm under the roof of this association.

Turkey 'regrets' Taliban's decision to bar girls from attending school beyond sixth grade

Turkey 'regrets' Taliban's decision to bar girls from attending school beyond sixth grade

Educational institutions in Afghanistan have reopened following a nearly seven-month break.

‘Release the children detained during Diyarbakır Newroz'

DİYARBAKIR BAR

‘Release the children detained during Diyarbakır Newroz'

“The practice that violates children’s fundamental rights and freedoms must be swiftly abandoned and the children deprived of their freedom must be released,” says the Child Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar.

Deadly school bus accident in Afyon: Vehicle owner released

Deadly school bus accident in Afyon: Vehicle owner released

In the trial over the school bus accident that claimed the lives of five students in Afyon, the court board has ruled that vehicle owner İsmail D. shall be released and driver Adalettin Ş. shall remain in prison.

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