Sexual abuse of children normalizes in primary school books

A supplementary textbook for the first year pupils contains an image of a little child wearing a wedding dress and the phrase ‘Özge became a little bride’
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Sunday, 15 January 2017 02:11

A supplementary textbook published by Mavideniz Yayınları for the first year pupils contains an image of a little child wearing a wedding dress and the phrase ‘Özge[female name] became a little bride’, according to daily Evrensel.

The book was approved by the Board of education and discipline of the Turkish Education Ministry. The experts state that this is not a simple kind of mistake that can be neglected.