content tagged with death of children

One child shoots his friend to death, another injures an adult

TWO INCIDENTS IN A DAY

One child shoots his friend to death, another injures an adult

In two allegedly accidental incidents in Konya and Samsun provinces in Turkey, one child injured an adult with a rifle and one child shot his friend to death.

24 February 2021

A child accidentally killed himself with a gun he found at home

A child accidentally killed himself with a gun he found at home

Beytullah Sakin, the 13-year-old son of a village head in Turkey’s eastern province of Elazığ, has lost his life after he was shot by a bullet fired from his father’s gun. It is alleged that the child accidentally killed himself.

14 December 2020

Child labor in Turkey: Second death in 3 days

Child labor in Turkey: Second death in 3 days

After a child worker lost his life in an irrigation pond on Monday, Gamza Kakız (13), a seasonal agricultural worker from Urfa, has drowned in a river in Eskişehir.

16 October 2020

Case of child deemed ‘member of a terrorist organization’ taken to Constitutional Court

Case of child deemed ‘member of a terrorist organization’ taken to Constitutional Court

An appeal has been filed at the Constitutional Court against the decision of non-prosecution given for the death of 13-year-old Elarslan, who was considered the “member of a terrorist organization” based on an anonymous witness statement.

‘Anti-Terror Law cannot be used in murder of children’

‘Anti-Terror Law cannot be used in murder of children’

In the investigation launched into the death of a 13-year-old girl in Kurdish-majority Şırnak province during the period of curfews, the prosecutor’s office has concluded that “she was the member of an organization” and given a decision of non-prosecution.