49,294 of the working children are girls, with 44,410 working in agriculture; and 38,626 are boys, with 34,338 in agriculture.
Sanliurfa the highest population of working children
About 15,206 girls in the province of Sanliurfa work in the agriculture sector. The number of working boys is 11,886.
The province of Diyarbakir is second to Sanliurfa, with 21,287 children working in various sectors. The province of Kilis has the lowest rate of child employment, with only 1,551 working children.
However, experts say that the actual number of working children is much higher than what the official figures show, and argue that the issue should be realistically researched.
The children mostly work with their families in the fields of Harran, Soke, Cukurova and Ege during the summer months. (TK/EA/YE)
