SYRIAN CHILD WORKERS IN TURKEY

The war which erupted in Syria in 2011 caused an ever-growing humanitarian crisis in the region. This article focuses on the economic exploitation faced by children who fled Syria along with the multifaceted problem of child labor predating Syrians' arrival to Turkey based on data provided by field research conducted by Hayata Destek/Support to Life (STL), a humanitarian aid agency carrying out operations for Syrian refugees since 2012. The author argues that it would not be accurate to tackle the issue of child labor among Syrians without taking into consideration the structural disparities already existing in Turkey.