Turkey

A young girl stands outside her family tent in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep, southern Turkey.

Programme

Refugee and migrant children

Read how we support refugee and migrant children and their families.

18/10/2017

Children warm themselves around a makeshift fire on a beach, after arriving on the Greek island by inflatable dinghies, on March 2, 2020.

Statement

Protecting children must be top priority, in latest refugee surge response

Statement attributable to Ms. Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe

03/03/2020

Lale looking at the brochure about the children in contact with law at the Judicial Interview Room.

Article

Special room helps Turkey handle court cases

12,000 children have used the special rooms in 62 courthouses across the country

30/01/2020

Boy at writing at a UNICEF-supported learning center in Turkey.

Report

Providing Cash Based Assistance in Crises

Approaches to Providing Cash Based Assistance to Meet the Needs of Children in Protracted Crises: Lessons from Turkey

11/07/2019

Article

There is no such thing as impossible

A Syrian refugee in Turkey finds a home and a purpose

01/12/2018

Riad Mehmeti with his younger sister in front of the family home in Pristina, Kosovo (SCR 1244).

Report

Everybody counts

A situation analysis of the inclusion of children with disabilities in the Western Balkans and Turkey

01/12/2018

Hazir Mehmeti, helps his son Rijad get back to his electric wheelchair after a physical therapy session in Handikos, a local rehabilitation center and UNICEF implementing partner.

Press release

Children with disabilities excluded from communities in Western Balkans and Turkey

New report from UNICEF and the European Disability Forum, with financial support from the European Union, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

30/11/2018