Human Trafficking in [Turkey] [other countries]Street Children in [Turkey] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Turkey |
Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
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from the web to illuminate the situation in ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Rise
in sexual abuse of minors in Turkey sets alarm bells ringing Drawing on statistics she gathered
working with experts and civil society groups, Arıtman
says 4 percent of all children in Turkey are subject to sexual abuse, with 70
percent of the victims being younger than 10. “Contrary to popular belief,
boys are subject to sexual abuse as frequently as girls. In reported cases of
children subject to commercial sexual exploitation, 77 percent of the
children came from broken homes. Twenty-three percent lived with their
parents, but in those homes domestic violence was common. The biggest risk
faced by children who run away and live on the street is sexual exploitation.
Children kidnapped from southeastern provinces are forced into prostitution
here. Today, it is impossible to say for certain how many children in Turkey
are being subjected to commercial sexual exploitation, but many say official
information is off by at least 85 percent.” According to research Polat conducted himself, the frequency of cases of sexual
abuse and exploitation is highest in the cities of İstanbul,
Diyarbakır and Bursa. Children trafficked from
countries such as ***
ARCHIVES *** www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-TURKEY_ENG.pdf Child prostitution is the main
form of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in Many children who run away from
home head for Istanbul, the largest city, and some are forced into sexual
exploitation to survive. Most boys seem to run away for financial reasons (in
the hope of earning higher incomes), and because they lack a loving and
supportive family environment; girls seem to leave home for similar reasons
but also because of violence to which they were exposed at home. Some
children also travel to the city in search of the ‘easy and free’ lifestyle
they presume their friends are leading, only to find themselves in very
difficult circumstances. Lack of protection mechanisms targeting such migrant
children make them extremely vulnerable to sexual exploiters or
intermediaries. In addition, children surviving on the streets are sometimes
ensnared into prostitution through activities that they take up in the
red-light districts, such as selling basic items, and slowly start to see
prostitution as a way to earn a living. U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs - 2004 INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Girls are trafficked to Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - In December two sociologists
published the results of their one‑year study on child prostitution in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices - 2004 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – In May,
police took testimony from a 17-year-old Romanian victim who described a common
trafficking scenario. The victim reported that when she was in ninth grade
she came in contact with traffickers who promised her a job with good wages
in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 [62] The Committee recommends that
the State party continue to undertake measures to prevent and combat all
forms of economic exploitation of children, including commercial sexual
exploitation. [63] While noting that a number of
centers have been established, with the collaboration of non-governmental
organizations, to provide counseling, training and rehabilitation services
for children living in the streets, the Committee nevertheless expresses its
concern at the significant number of such children and notes that assistance
is generally only provided to them by non-governmental organizations. Rise
in sexual abuse of minors in Turkey sets alarm bells ringing Drawing on statistics she gathered
working with experts and civil society groups, Arıtman
says 4 percent of all children in Turkey are subject to sexual abuse, with 70
percent of the victims being younger than 10. “Contrary to popular belief,
boys are subject to sexual abuse as frequently as girls. In reported cases of
children subject to commercial sexual exploitation, 77 percent of the
children came from broken homes. Twenty-three percent lived with their
parents, but in those homes domestic violence was common. The biggest risk
faced by children who run away and live on the street is sexual exploitation.
Children kidnapped from southeastern provinces are forced into prostitution
here. Today, it is impossible to say for certain how many children in Turkey
are being subjected to commercial sexual exploitation, but many say official
information is off by at least 85 percent.” According to research Polat conducted himself, the frequency of cases of sexual
abuse and exploitation is highest in the cities of İstanbul,
Diyarbakır and Bursa. Children trafficked from
countries such as Turkey mulling crackdown on child pornography www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=61792 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
SPREAD OF INTERNET USE FACILITATES
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY -
However, according to the report titled “Situational Analysis of Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children in The report found that the most
widely abused group of children was girls between 12 and 18 years old, but
that there was also a substantial number of boys who were victims of sexual
abuse. Child prostitution occurs in a variety of locales, ranging from slums
to the rich, and the culprits have no common profile other than being men. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – TURKEY – The increase from 5 to 8 years of compulsory basic education has
been a positive step to combat the rising numbers of runaways and exploited
children, including sexually exploited children. However, virginity tests have
recently been reinstalled in high schools allowing schools to dismiss
students who are found not to be virgins. This will likely increase the
already rising number of runaways in the country and make them vulnerable to
CSEC. Moreover, girls that have been
sexually abused and raped will now be re-victimised
by an education system that discriminates against girl children. U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2005 ECPAT
Takes Make-IT-Safe To Turkey One of the biggest international
investigations into child pornography on the Internet pointed to CSEC Overview www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/CSECOverview/Turkey.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Commercial sexual exploitation of
children has grown in A woman, native of Turkmenistan, will soon be tried in a
court in the [Tajik] capital for exploiting her adopted daughter as a
prostitute www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/irc/newsdesk_articles.asp?SCID=1462 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
In February 2002, the accused
adopted the underage girl, as it became known later, with a view to sexual
exploitation. She took the 12-year-old girl to the UAE three months
afterwards, where the girl (an ethnic Tatar) was for the first time forced
into prostitution. The following year, they stayed in In February 2003, they were
deported from the UAE, but this did not stop the resourceful
"mother", and the girl was taken to All material used herein
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