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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.

Carbon monoxide poisoning in Kırıkkale: Two children hospitalized

Carbon monoxide poisoning in Kırıkkale: Two children hospitalized

Amid deep poverty and increasing costs of residential heating in Turkey, two children, Zahide Nur (8) and Aybüke Zümra Tosun (4), have been affected by the carbon monoxide leaking from the heating stove. They have been taken to a hospital.

20 December 2021

'We should see deadly fire in İstanbul as a violation of children's rights'

'We should see deadly fire in İstanbul as a violation of children's rights'

After four children lost their lives in a fire caused by an electric heater in İstanbul, we have spoken with Selen Yüksel from the Deep Poverty Network. She has underlined that we need to see this incident as a violation of children’s rights.

15 December 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

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

‘Some households cannot access clean drinking water in İstanbul’

PANDEMIC AND POVERTY RESEARCH

‘Some households cannot access clean drinking water in İstanbul’

The Deep Poverty Network, Heinrich Böll Foundation and Open Space Association have prepared a report titled “Research on Abject Poverty and Access to Rights During Pandemic,” documenting the aggravating poverty in İstanbul amid COVID-19 outbreak.

23 November 2020