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‘TurkStat’s Child Labor Survey is Not Realistic as it Does Not Cover Syrian Children’’

‘TurkStat’s Child Labor Survey is Not Realistic as it Does Not Cover Syrian Children’’

Nail Dertli from Fişek Institute Science and Action Foundation for Working Children and lawyer Fırat Çiçek from Children’s Rights Center of İstanbul Bar have spoken to bianet about the “Child Labor Survey” announced by the TurkStat after 7 years.

2 April 2020 Ayşegül Özbek

There are 720 Thousand Child Workers in Turkey

TURKSTAT CHILD LABOR SURVEY

There are 720 Thousand Child Workers in Turkey

The TurkStat has shared “Working Child Statistics” after seven years. The data shared by the institute have shown that there are 720 thousand child workers in the 5-17 age group in Turkey, 4.4 percent of whom are between the ages of 5 and 11.