DİYARBAKIR- In Turkey, where child abuse and violence against children are getting worse each day, thousands of children are behind bars along with their mothers. The photographs of the torn sweatpants of the babies have to creep on the concrete floor reveals the table of shame.

 

In Turkey, where child abuse and exploitation of the children are legitimized by the power and the male judgment, the situation of children is getting worse every day. As the reports released by many institutions and organizations reveal the dark table, thousands of children are still behind bars, they are deprived of right to life due to ongoing war and the perpetrators are protected by “good behavior” of the judgment. In Kurdistan, at least 16 children were killed by armored vehicles in the last few months. The most “silence” kills the children in this process. As the situation is like that outside, the photographs shared on social media tell of the stories of the children kept in prisons along with their mothers.

 

The photographs spark social media outrage

 

The photographs of torn sweatpants of the babies have to creep on the concrete floor in prisons spark social media outrage. The photographs reveal the inhuman treatment against the children, who have to live in prisons.

 

2,800 children behind bars

 

According to last statistics released by the Ministry of Justice, as of April 7, 2017, there are 2,800 child prisoners between the ages of 12-18 in Turkey. 1,778 of the child prisoners (1,715 boys, 63 girls) are behind bars and 1,022 of them (994 boys, 28 girls) are convicted.

 

As there were 5,728 children sentenced to prison in 2009, the figure reached 12,423 in 2016.