ISTANBUL – Activists and sex workers in Turkey are working on a project to establish Turkey’s first sex workers union. They are hopeful about finding a solution to their problems and changing society’s approach toward sex workers. They will organize an awareness walk to bring attention to their issues
An initiative to establish a union for sex workers in Turkey has been proceeding slowly but patiently for almost a year.
Several activists plan to establish a trade union to protect the health, security and education rights of sex workers in Turkey, where the majority of them work without licenses or social security.
“People should have the right to voluntarily chose to be a sex worker. One has to have sovereignty over his or her body,” said Buse Kýlýçkaya, an activist from Ankara-based Pembe Hayat Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender, or LGBT, association. Kýlýçkaya said if they can establish a union, it would be the first for Turkey’s sex workers.
Activists and sex workers are hopeful about establishing a union, believing that it will help acknowledgment of this type of labor as a viable profession and will protect their rights in many aspects.
“We are against forced sex labor,” said Kýlýçkaya. “But this is the oldest profession on Earth and this will continue to be done by some people. This is why those people’s rights need to be protected.”
Prostitution is mentioned in the Turkish Penal Code and sex workers have to be registered according to the law. However, statistics show that many sex workers are unregistered and have no health or social security.
More: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10309517.asp?gid=243
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Turkey will be the 3rd country in the world with a union like that, according to this article.
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