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Although she used to be in Grade 6, 12-year old Ayesh, who fled to Turkey from the Idlib Governorate of Syria does not attend school.
UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

Toll on refugee and migrant children continues to mount one year after EU-Turkey deal – UNICEF

17 March 2017
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that one year after the Balkan border closures and the European Union-Turkey Statement, which were aimed at stopping mass migration flows, refugee and migrant children face greater risks of deportation, detention, exploitation and deprivation.

On 16 January 2017, a girl in a Turkish language class in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep, southern Turkey. Nizip 1 camp is home to over 10,000 Syrian refugees, including more than 5,000 children.
UNICEF/Can Remzi Ergen

EU-UN cash transfer plan for education aims to reach 230,000 refugee children in Turkey

17 March 2017
Migrants and Refugees

The European Union and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched a large-scale cash transfer project to increase the number of refugee children attending school in Turkey.

Residents of Silvan, a city in Diyarbakir Province, southeastern Turkey, walk past their bullet-riddled homes.
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Turkey: UN report details allegations of serious rights violations in country's southeast

10 March 2017
Human Rights

The UN human rights office today published a report detailing allegations of massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file)

UN condemns assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey

19 December 2016
Strongly condemning the assassination today of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Ankara, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council emphasized that there is no justification for targeting diplomatic personnel and civilians.
The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Security Council underlines need for stronger judicial cooperation to combat terrorism

12 December 2016
Condemning acts of terrorism and their impact on innocent civilians and on peace and stability, the United Nations Security Council emphasized the need for establishing wilful violation of prohibition on financing of terrorist organizations or individual terrorists as serious criminal offenses in national laws and regulations.
Traffic along an Istanbul street. (file).
Simone D. McCourtie/World Bank

UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul

11 December 2016
Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the UN World Tourism Organization condemned last night's terrorist attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul that killed dozens of people and injured many more.
Inside the Islahiye camp for Syrian refugees, in Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
UNICEF/Ayberk Yurtsever

Security Council condemns recent terrorist attack in Turkey

23 August 2016
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack at a wedding ceremony in the city of Gaziantep in Turkey on 20 August, during which at least 54 people were killed and over 200 injured.
Street scene in Izmir, Turkey.
World Bank/Mehmet Namik Ugur

UN experts press Turkey to adhere to human rights obligations despite state of emergency

19 August 2016
Human Rights

United Nations human rights experts today urged Turkey to uphold its obligations under international human rights law despite the attempted mid-July coup and during the subsequent state of emergency.

A busy street in Istanbul, Turkey.
World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie

UN and OSCE experts condemn Turkey’s crackdown on media

28 July 2016
Human Rights

Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today condemned the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media by the Government of Turkey in the wake of the recent attempted coup.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) shown with Mevlüt Çavusoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file)

Turkey: In call with Foreign Minister, Ban seeks update on current probe into attempted coup

27 July 2016
In a telephone call with the Turkish Foreign Minister today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought an update on current investigations and measures to hold those responsible for the attempted coup to account, and reiterated his expectation that Turkey adhere to its international human rights obligations.