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‘Boss’s car is more valuable than child’s health’

‘Boss’s car is more valuable than child’s health’

Speaking to bianet about the trial where a child worker is given a higher sentence than his bosses who battered him, lawyer Akbaş says, “This ruling has hurt public conscience in a similar way to the ruling on children 'who stole baklava' in Antep."

17 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Child labor in Turkey: Agricultural worker loses her life

Child labor in Turkey: Agricultural worker loses her life

17-year-old Belkize Çelik received an electric shock in the tent where she was staying and lost her life in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Ordu.

One suspect arrested for battering child worker

One suspect arrested for battering child worker

The child’s attorney Elif Tuğba Şahin says that both her client and his family are really sad and afraid that the other suspect has been released on probation: “They are worried about their life safety.”

Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused

Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused

Attorney Şahin says that before the child was battered with sticks and iron bars, one of the suspects said to him, “Pull down your trousers, we will make the payment like that.”

10 March 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Child dies in occupational homicide, company official arrested

Child dies in occupational homicide, company official arrested

Halil Şenbüyük (16), who was driving an excavator, lost his life on December 10 after the vehicle went off the road and fell off a 50-meter cliff in Antalya.

14 December 2020

Afghan child worker found dead in irrigation pool

Afghan child worker found dead in irrigation pool

Sami Nadiri, a 13-year-old Afghan child who came to Beypazarı, Ankara some time ago, has been found dead in an irrigation pool in the village where he worked as a shepherd.

9 September 2020

Child worker loses his life in Giresun

Child worker loses his life in Giresun

16-year-old Ramazan Şimşek was crushed by a hoeing machine and lost his life in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Giresun. He was on his way back from ploughing a field.

Employers Arrested Over Torture of 2 Child Workers

Employers Arrested Over Torture of 2 Child Workers

Previously released on probation, two employers have been arrested over the torture of two child workers upon the objection of the prosecutor’s office.

HDP MP Tosun: Why Do Children Have to Work Rather Than Going to School?

HDP MP Tosun: Why Do Children Have to Work Rather Than Going to School?

Diyarbakır MP Remziye Tosun, reminding the killed child workers Berivan Karakeçili and İbrahim Halil Oruç, has brought the topics of child labor and seasonal agricultural labor into the parliamentary agenda.

4 February 2019

Father of Killed Child Worker: Boss Said 'You Will Work Even If It's Raining Stones'

Father of Killed Child Worker: Boss Said 'You Will Work Even If It's Raining Stones'

Father of agricultural worker Berivan Karakeçili, who was killed during a whirlwind while working, has asserted that the bosses are responsible for his daughter's death, saying, "They told us we will work even if it's raining stones."

29 January 2019

Agricultural Child Worker Loses His Life in Urfa

Agricultural Child Worker Loses His Life in Urfa

A child worker, who was working in a cotton field in Urfa, has fallen into an agricultural machine and lost his life. The figures shared by the İSİG Assembly have shown that at least 67 child laborers lost their lives in occupational homicides in 2018.

23 January 2019

At Least 396 Workers Killed on the Job in 2014

At Least 396 Workers Killed on the Job in 2014

According to a report by Workers’ Health and Work Security Council, at least 115 lost their lives in April. In the past 4 months, 396 workers died, 373 of them are men and 23 are women.

Almost 1 Million Child Workers in Turkey

CHILD LABOUR

Almost 1 Million Child Workers in Turkey

Child labour expert Assoc. Prof. Tanır calls for an extension of compulsory education to 12 years in order to decrease the number of child workers in Turkey further. Tanır drew attention to the fact that two thirds of all child workers in Turkey work under severe conditions.

21 June 2011 Ekin Karaca