Extreme forms of child labour in Turkey

Değirmencioğlu, Serdar M.; Acar, Hakan; Acar, Yüksel Baykara

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781847426109.003.0014

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“…Now they tend towards selling tissues, gum, and similar small items or collecting recyclable waste from the rubbish (Çırak & Çivitçi, 2004;Değirmencioğlu, Acar, & Acar, 2008;İlik & Türkmen, 1994;Türkmen et al, 2004). Children working on the street perform many similar tasks in other parts of the world.…”

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confidence: 99%

Children who work in the street in Izmir, Turkey

Yılmaz

Dülgerler

2011

soc behav pers

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Using Izmir, Turkey as a case study the risk factors leading children to work in the streets were identified. Participants in the study were 226 children working in the streets, average age 10.35±2.21 who worked 6.8±2.11 hours per day. The great majority of the children were boys (90.2%), 77.9% were of primary school age; two-thirds of the children were working to provide an economic contribution to the family; 86.6% were from a large family; 78.8% were from a family that migrated to a big city. Almost all did not find working in the street safe; and nearly half were not hopeful about the future. It was established that frequent problems in the children's families include poverty, unemployment, poor education, having a large family, poor family functioning, migration, limited possibilities of shelter, and domestic violence, including the beating of wives and children. Although nearly all the children still lived with their families, a small percentage of the children (5.8%) had begun living permanently on the streets and then cut ties with their families. A significant relationship was found between living on the streets and the age of the child, the father's education, and the father's use of alcohol.

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Children who work in the street in Izmir, Turkey

Yılmaz

Dülgerler

2011

soc behav pers

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“…Fathers took their children, invariably sons, to the market for potential employers (Değirmencioğlu et al, 2008). If the child was found fit, he was sent to work for and stay with the hiring family for an extended period of time.…”

Section: Structural Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If the child was found fit, he was sent to work for and stay with the hiring family for an extended period of time. Child markets in northwestern Turkey were eliminated after they came under scrutiny, but it is not known whether this practice has been completely abolished (Değirmencioğlu et al, 2008).…”

Section: Structural Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of the risk factors that contribute to child labor in Turkey: Implications for research, policy, and practice

Bahar

2012

International Social Work

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Child labor is a serious issue in Turkey. This article provides a review of the current literature on risk factors associated with child labor in Turkey. Emphasizing their multilayered nature, the article examines risk factors contributing to child labor in Turkey by clustering them under individual, family, and structural factors. Recommendations for future research, policy, and practice are also discussed.

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“…Lack of nation state's accountability for ensuring and protecting such basic human elements is to deprive children from enlarging their capacity to enjoy a long life, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living. A nation state's economic instability impacts the safeguarding of children from different forms of exploitation (Bhattacharya 2007;Degirmencioglu et al 2008;Rafferty 2007). Degirmencioglu et al (2008), and Doocy et al (2007) cite research, which described the relationship between poverty and its consequences to children's maltreatment patterns in India, Turkey, and Nepal.…”

Section: Hdi and Children's Protection Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A nation state's economic instability impacts the safeguarding of children from different forms of exploitation (Bhattacharya 2007;Degirmencioglu et al 2008;Rafferty 2007). Degirmencioglu et al (2008), and Doocy et al (2007) cite research, which described the relationship between poverty and its consequences to children's maltreatment patterns in India, Turkey, and Nepal. This supports that economic instability contributes to children's displacement, increased child mortality rate, sex trafficking, forced labor, organ selling, and illicit adoption.…”

Section: Hdi and Children's Protection Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%