Living conditions of children in Turkey worsen during AKP rule: report  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

TEPAV Report: One in Three Children in Turkey Lives in Poverty, Far Exceeding EU Average

Nearly one in three children in Turkey is growing up in poverty, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), underscoring a deepening crisis in child welfare and highlighting a widening gap with European Union standards. The study estimates that 7.1 million children, or 32 percent, live in households below the OECD-defined poverty line — 60 percent of the national median income. When calculated using t…

Living conditions of children in Turkey worsen during AKP rule: report  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Children’s living conditions in Turkey have steadily worsened across all areas of life since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power in 2002, according to a report by the BirGün daily. The report, published on the occasion of April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, revealed that child labor, underage marriage and criminal activities among minors had become worryingly common in the last decade.  Between 2013 and 2024, at lea…