As another Universal Children’s Day passed on Nov. 20, the number of children dying at work 42 Turkish child workers killed in first nine months of 2014has continued to rise in Turkey.
The number of child workers who died in work accidents during the first nine months of this year stands at 42, according to data from the Istanbul Council for Workers’ Health and Work Safety (OHS), while there were at least 893,000 child workers in the country at the end of 2013.
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