A statistic about die Number of working children in Turkey caused an uproar among civil society organizations in the country after it was revealed that 23,000 people under the age of 18 were found in Work professions, die not their age to be able to help their families financially.
“There are many young people working today in Turkey in hard and difficult work that affects both their physical and mental health, “said Vesi Cherry, a university professor specializing in children’s affairs, shedding light on their difficult circumstances in order to improve their conditions.”
In statements on Al-Arabiya.net He added: “The government must combat this phenomenon in order to prevent minors from working in difficult areas.” die Reduce employment of minors and provide them with a suitable environment instead of not caring for them. “
The university professor works with a number of civil society organizations, die are interested in child and youth affairs as he focuses on die To investigate working conditions, die force them to work and dieas he put it, mainly related to the poor economic conditions of their families.
According to sources in the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services included die latest statistics from the ministry about die number of in minors working in Turkey, die worked a few days ago, no Syrian refugee children.
The source revealed that “die 23,000 children, die the Ministry in according to his study, are Turkish citizens and not foreigners “.
According to the ministry, more than 4,488 children have been working on the streets since 2020 despite the outbreak of the new corona virus in the country.
In addition, according to the Turkish Ministry, 967 families have their children between June 2017 and December 2020 for die Work pays.
Although the Ministry of Social Services stated that die Number of minors, die in difficult jobs, 23,000, provide unofficial statistics die Validity of this number in Question and show that their number is estimated at hundreds of thousands.
The Turkish Labor Protection Council previously stated that more than a million children are working.
Most of these children work both in Industrial sectors as well as construction in order to be able to support their families financially.
Turkish government agencies recognize that there is poverty and poor economic conditions in to make children of Turkey in to work in different professions.
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