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Legal Counsel Saadet Yıldırım, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of National Education, stated, "These steps can start in certain pilot provinces. It was initiated in 22 districts in Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, and Hatay. The Ministry observed many shortcomings in its implementation," and requested dismissal of the lawsuit.

More than 2 million children gave birth in Turkey since 2001, and 21 thousand of them were younger than 15 said MP Sevda Karaca in her speech at the parliament and added that there are around 5 million child workers in the country.