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Extreme Forms of Child Labour in Turkey
Author(s) -
Degirmencioglu Serdar M.,
Acar Hakan,
Acar Yüksel Baykara
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00150.x
Subject(s) - parallels , child labour , poverty , work (physics) , criminology , displacement (psychology) , sociology , demographic economics , political science , economic growth , psychology , economics , engineering , operations management , mechanical engineering , psychotherapist
Two little known forms of child labour in Turkey are examined. The process through which these children are made to work has parallels with the experiences of slaves. First, a long‐standing practice from Northwestern Turkey of parents hiring children to better‐off farmers is examined. Further, a more recent problem is examined where children are trafficked to big cities and forced to join criminal rings. Both forms of child labour are consequences of poverty. The factors that give rise to child trafficking and parents letting their children be trafficked are extreme poverty and internal displacement of families.