ESG Risk Monitor

Child labor in Şereflikoçhisar, Turkey: Children and young people, including those of primary school, high school, and university age, work in harsh conditions in the onion fields. They start working at 6 in the morning. Many of them express hopelessness about their future. Ahmet Alabaş, a father whose children work in the fields, mentions that he could only send one

According to a report prepared by the CHP Poverty Solidarity Office, the number of children involved in crime in Turkey has increased by 148 percent since 2010. The primary crimes charged were assault, theft, and drugs. The report highlights that one in five children in Turkey grows up in poverty, and as poverty deepens, the number of children involved in

The article reports that there is an increase in the number of children leaving school to work, with some being forced into sex work. The International Labor Organization (ILO) warns that tens of millions of children worldwide are at risk due to global economic problems. In 2020, 160 million children were forced to work, indicating a worsening situation. Child labor

Summary: A construction worker named Zekai Dikici fell from the 5th floor while working on electrical installation in Turkey. Despite receiving medical intervention, he passed away at the hospital. It was discovered that Dikici was an 11th grade student who attended vocational training once a week and worked at a private workplace on other days. The police have launched an

The October report of the Occupational Health and Safety Assembly in Turkey reveals that 150 workers died in occupational homicides during that month, and a total of 1634 deaths occurred in the first ten months of the year. The report highlights that the construction sector, where short-term employment and subcontracted work prevail, had the highest number of fatalities, with at

Summary: Every year on November 20th, the “Convention on the Rights of the Child” is celebrated as World Children’s Rights Day. However, children in Turkey are forced to live their childhood in the midst of war, economic, political, and social crises. The number of child laborers and children involved in crime reveals the state of children’s rights in the country.

Report: İSİG (Worker Health and Safety Council) has published its report on work-related accidents for the month of March. The report reveals that at least 108 workers lost their lives in work-related accidents, with only one of them being a union member. In the first three months of 2019, at least 392 workers lost their lives in work-related accidents. Saniye