The Turkish government has launched a sweeping effort to curb the growing involvement of children in organized crime and violent offenses, after a series of peer-on-peer killings and a rise in youth recruitment by criminal gangs alarmed the public and prompted political action.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has instructed ruling party officials and state institutions to develop new measures aimed at preventing children from being drawn into crime, according to officials from the ruling Justice and Development Pa
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