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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

and the third stage discussed “Evaluation and Guidance for People Affected by
Violence and Legislation and Legal Systems for the Prevention of Violence in Türkiye.”
In addition, 47 Ministry staff (social workers, psychologists, teachers and sociologists)
who work with Syrians at the Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Policy,
VPMC, the Women’s Guesthouse, the First Admission Unit and social service centers
in 10 provinces where TACs are located were given training on trauma, techniques for
approaching victims, and legal regulations.

Based on information provided by the MFSP, we learned that the Gender-based
Violence Working Group has carried out its project by meeting once a month with
representatives of the Directorate General of Family and Community Services,
Directorate General of Migration Management, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, and
other relevant institutions, and non-governmental and international organizations,
under the coordination of the Directorate General on the Status of Women, and
prepared a brochure in 2014 on violence against women, domestic violence, marriage
age, official marriage, and women’s rights in the scope of the Humanitarian Assistance
Program. UNFPA published 500,000 copies in Turkish and 500,000 in Arabic, and the
brochures were delivered to the provinces where TACs are located (distributed to the
accommodation centers by AFAD and to social service centers and places in the cities
that are accessible to Syrians by the Provincial Directorate of FSP). We also learned
that, in the year 2015, the brochures were reprinted with the addition of the issue of
human trafficking; 222,000 brochures were published in Turkish and 435,000 in Arabic,
and they were sent to 10 provinces where TACs are found; to Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara,
Konya, and Mersin, where there are high concentrations of Syrians; and to the relevant
non-governmental organizations, international organizations, Provincial Directorates,
their affiliated organizations, VPMCs, social service centers, and TACs in 15 provinces.

◊ Services for Children
The most important problems children may encounter in wars and migration contexts
are being unaccompanied, vulnerable, and forced to work by their families due to
economic difficulties.

The Law on Foreigners and International Protection No. 6458 defines an
“unaccompanied minor” as “a child who comes to Türkiye without being accompanied
by an adult or who becomes unaccompanied after entering Türkiye, as long as he/she is
not under the care of a responsible party.” In the fourth paragraph of Article 23 of the
Temporary Protection Regulation, there is a provision stating that “Unaccompanied
minors are mainly cared for under the supervision of the Ministry of Family and Social
Policy. However, when appropriate conditions are met, unaccompanied children may

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