Turkey

Turkey is located in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. The capital is Ankara. Population was estimated at 68.1 million in 2003, and is growing at a rate of 1.16 percent. Turkish is the official language, but Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, and Greek are also spoken.

Turkey's dynamic economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2001 still accounted for 40% of employment. It has a strong and rapidly growing private sector, yet the state still plays a major role in basic industry, banking, transport, and communication. The most important industry - and largest exporter - is textiles and clothing, which is almost entirely in private hands. In recent years the economic situation has been marked by erratic economic growth and serious imbalances.

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Life without Basic Service ''Street Children Say''
This study builds on the learning of Street Diary (Save the Children UK, 2001), giving theopportunity for a group of children to represent their own analysis of their situation. Itexamines the human and emotional dimension of life on the street. This is not astatistical or quantitative research but is representative of the feelings of children livingon the street about their lives and organisations working with them.

Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Manual

Organizational Diagnosis for Advocacy
When groups are considering advocacy, it is helpful for them to assess what advocacy actually can offer their organization, what some of the benefits and risks might be and what organizational barriers might influence their success.

Turkey Working Street Children in Three Metropolitan Cities: A Rapid Assessment
Report on ILO's rapid assessments of the worst forms of child labour in Turkey. The investigations have been made using a new rapid assessment methodology on child labour, elaborated jointly by the ILO and UNICEF.

Working Street Children in Three Metropolitan Cities: A Rapid Assessment
An extensive research report dealing with the 'worst forms of child labour' as determined by the International Labour Organisation in 19 countries. The assessments investigated the most illegal and criminal instances of child labour, including drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, slavery, debt bondage and the use of children in armed conflict.

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