man Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Over 100,000 sex slaves in Turkey, half are children: NGOhttp://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/06/turkey/6 Oct. 2013There are over 100,000 women working as sex slaves in Turkey, of which half are children, a non-governmental organization has revealed in an extensive report on prostitution in the country, The Hurriyet Daily News reports.Up to 3,000 prostitutes work in brothels located in 55 of the 81 provinces of Turkey and 15,000 other registered prostitutes work with an official document, according to the report prepared by Shefkat-Der, a civil association founded to help marginalized segments of society.The most shocking aspect of the report, however, is that the number of women selling sex on the streets has climbed to over 100,000, half of whom are children. It stated that many underage girls from impoverished families, especially in eastern and southeastern provinces, had become victims of the "prostitution mafia."Vulnerable children who have been the victim of abuse inside their own family, orphans, and mentally challenged children are also often prey for organized crime rings.The report added that women up to the age of 60 are working in brothels.Shefkat-Der attracted media attention last spring when it filed a petition to Parliament to ask for permission to open a brothel employing males, in protest at brothels where women are employed.For Shefkat-Der and women's associations, the fact that there are more brothels in Turkey than women's shelters has long been a cause of criticism of both the state and local government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagopn Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 There are also reports that point to the reality that Turkey is also the number one per capita consumer of child pornography. This merely corroborates this report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagopn Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Also, the Gray Wolves were also implicated by a French NGO since the early 1990s in child and heroin trafficking through Azerbaijan into Turkey. The heroin into Europe is mostly passed through Turkey, but there are also reports that were attempting to divert the attention from Turkey into the Russian corridor. Perhaps during Yeltsin's presidency that might have been more true, but there is a lot of policing under Putin that was not there under Yeltsin. Turks are the leaders in this respect. Ironically, Ter Petrossyan's government was actually cooperating with Interpol and other authorities to stop this trend, but it was made evident that high profile political groups were behind the dubious trades in the Turkic Twins and were serious obstructions to any effective prevention measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/06/turkey/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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