Ankara-Sana
The deputy head of the parliamentary bloc of the opposition nationalist "Good" Party, Erhan Usta, indicated that the phenomenon of child labor in Turkey has greatly exacerbated and that the country is currently in a dire state.
The Turkish newspaper Zaman quoted Usta as saying during budget discussions of the Ministry of Family and Social Services in the context of the high rates of poverty in Turkey, "There are 720,000 working children in Turkey, including 250,000 who are unable to access education, and this reality exacerbates the increasing rates of child labor." in the country continuously,” pointing out that the country is currently in a dire state and that the issue of poverty needs to be addressed with sustainable practices and solutions.
It is noteworthy that the Turkish regime suffers from successive economic crises that have led to a significant deterioration of the situation in the country due to the policies of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan regime and its interventions in economic decisions that led to the decline in the value of the Turkish lira, in addition to the flight of investors from Turkey.