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### Viewing cable 05ANKARA4794, TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31-

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05ANKARA4794 | 2005-08-16 08:04 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ankara

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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 20 ANKARA 004794

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
    SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31-
    August 15, 2005

    ¶1. In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and
      international media sources published the following news
      articles about TIP in Turkey.  Text of articles
      originally published in Turkish is provided through
      unofficial local FSN translation.

    ¶2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31:

      TITLE:  HE RAPED ME WHEN I WAS 15

      BEGIN TEXT:  Dietmar Herbert Egbert Hess, who lives in
      Germany, took A.B. to Turkey for vacation after obtaining
      her family's permission on July 3, 2000.

      After spending their vacation in Kizkalesi, Mersin and
      touring the region, Hess rented a house in the Atakent
      township of Silifke despite the fact that their six-month
      visa expired.  Hess allegedly did not allow B. to return
      and took away her passport.  He kept her with threats.
      He raped her and she gave birth to a girl, N., who is now
      4 years old.  A.B. could not tell anybody her story.

      A.B. spoke to her family from time to time but because of
      the threats she said that she was happy in Turkey and was
      having a good time.  So her family did not get
      suspicious.

      This summer A.B. requested help from, Heidrun Cakmak,
      wife of Nuh Cakmak from Sanliurfa, who were on vacation.
      ¶B. told her that she was held against her will and that
      she was raped.  The German woman told the story to her
      husband and they applied to the Jandarma.  The court
      decided to deport Hess, who was under detention rape and
      abduction and ordered for turning over A.B. to German
      authorities.

      ¶B. testified at the police station, where she was taken
      with her daughter.  She said that she came to Turkey for
      vacation with Hess with her family's consent and added,
      "After a while I wanted to go back but he prevented me.
      He kept preventing me with threats.  He raped me and I
      got pregnant against my will.  I had a daughter.  He even
      forced me into prostitution.  I was talking to me family
      on the phone but I could not tell them anything because
      of their threats.  He was introducing me as his daughter
      and my daughter as his grand-daughter.  I want to get rid
      of him."

      Hess denied the accusations and claimed that he did not
      rape her.  He defended himself by saying, "I knew her
      family.  So they let her to come to Turkey with me.  I
      did not return but she decided to stay with me.  I never
      raped her.  Everything happened with her consent."

      Hess, B. and their daughter were deported after necessary
      paperwork.  END TEXT.

    ¶3.  Published by Tercuman on Monday, August 1:

         TITLE:  "Hello, we caught your husband with a
         prostitute"

         BEGIN TEXT:  Nurettin Arici, Deputy Police Chief of
         Erzurum gave instructions for calling the home of a man
         caught with prostitutes and informing the wife.

         Arici said that he was fed up with prostitution
         incidents.

         He said, "Fellow policemen must call the home of a man
         caught with a prostitute and tell their wives with
         which prostitute the husband was caught.  If Erzurum
         people do not cooperate with prostitutes and demand
         anything from them, these women won't survive here."

         Erzurum Bar Association Chief Sadullah Kara reacted to
         this decision by saying, "This cannot happen." END
         TEXT.

    ¶4.  Published by Vatan on Monday, August 1:

         TITLE:  Inform the Wives of Husbands Who Sleep with a
         Call Girls

         BEGIN TEXT:  At a meeting at the Erzurum Police
         Department with the local district muhtars, the
         prostitution issue came on the agenda.

         Suat Gunacar, Muhtar of the Gez District, said that
         they called the police about prostitution but that
         sufficient measures were not taken.

         Nurettin Arici, Deputy Police Chief, at the meeting
         explained that according to laws, prostitution was not
         a crime.  He added that they capture those on whom
         there was information and check whether or not they
         have venereal disease.

         Arici later turned to Hanifi Sambur, the Director for
         Public Order and gave the following instructions, "From
         now on call the families of all men that you catch.
         Tell the wife in particular.  Take this as an
         instruction.  Chief police officers in police centers,
         too, must call the homes of men caught with prostitutes
         and tell their wives that their husbands were caught
         with a prostitute.  I'm fed up with them.  If Erzurum
         people do not cooperate with them, if they do not make
         a demand from them, those women won't survive here.
         Please take care of your friends.  Let's eradicate this
         market.  I'll call his parents.  If he claims that he
         does not have a phone, fine, I'll find the phone from
         the local muhtar and call his parents and wife.  I'll
         tell her that I caught her husband with this or that
         person.  I don't have anything else to do."

         While the instruction of the Deputy Police Chief
         created a dispute in the town, Erzurum Bar Association
         Chief Sadullah Kara reacted by saying, "This cannot
         happen.  It is not consistent and nobody has such a
         luxury.  It definitely is not legal.  If citizens who
         suffer due to this implementation apply to us, we will
         do whatever is necessary." END TEXT.

    ¶5.  Published by Cumhuriyet on Tuesday, August 2:

         TITLE:  Announcement on Prostitution

         BEGIN TEXT:  It was reported that media reports that
         the police would call the wives of men who were caught
         with a prostitutes in Erzurum, were not true.

         Erzurum Governor Celalettin Guvenc said that there
         won't be such implementation.

         Erzurum Acting Police Chief Ahmet Demiral said that
         they could not implement something that was not in the
         laws.  Demiralp said that those remarks were made in
         order to serve as deterrence.

         Hanifi Sambur, the Chief Police in Charge of Public
         Order, noted that he did not make such an announcement
         and that his position won't allow him to make such
         remarks.  END TEXT.

    ¶6.  Published by Vatan on Tuesday, August 2:

         TITLE:  Should One Inform or Not Inform the Wife of
         Thos Caught with a Prostitute?

         BEGIN TEXT:  When a local muhtar complained about
         prostitution, Erzurum deputy Police Chief Nurettin
         Arici, at a public peace at the Police Club, instructed
         the police chiefs, "From now on whenever you catch a
         man with a prostitute, call their families and tell, in
         particular the wives, with which prostitute the husband
         was caught  I'm fed up with them."

         When these reports were published and broadcast in the
         media, there was a big reaction.  Immediately after
         this, Ahmet Demiralp made an announcement and said,
         "This is against laws.  Certainly we won't make such an
         implementation.  The Deputy Director might have made
         such remarks for them to serve as a deterrent."

         But Deputy Police Chief Arici insisted on his earlier
         remarks. He even claimed that informing the wives was
         in line with CMUK.  He said, "We have to inform the
         families of those whom we detain."

         The remarks of the Bar Association Chief carried the
         controversy to a different dimension: "Prostitution is
         not a crime.  You cannot detain a person who does not
         commit a crime.  So why should you inform the family?"
         Ahmet Demiral, Erzurum Acting Police Chief:
         We have no such implementation and I don't think that
         we won't have from now on either.  It cannot happen.
         If it is not a crime according to laws, we cannot show
         it as crime.  My colleague might have made those
         remarks for them to serve as a deterrent.

         Nurettin Arici, Deputy Police Chief in Erzurum:
         According to CMUK Law Number 5271, we need to inform
         the families of those who are detained.  Don't we call
         the families of those we detain?  We do.  We will call
         the families of those who are caught with prostitutes
         as well.
         Sadullah Kara, Erzurum Bar Association president:
         According to laws, prostitution is not a crime.  You
         cannot detain a person for an act that is not a crime
         in the TPC.  So, why would one call his family?
         Detaining such people is legally not possible.

         Attorney Fatih Volkan:
         According to the provisions of the TPC if a man sleeps
         with a woman in return for money, this is not a crime.
         Similarly there is no punishment for a woman for being
         involved in prostitution.  On the contrary, if a police
         gives away information about the private life of a
         person, then this constitutes a crime for misusing
         authority and also violating the privacy of personal
         life as mentioned in Article 134.  It foresees
         imprisonment from 6 months to two years or payment of
         fine.

         What Does CMUK Say?

         In the first paragraph of Section 4 of CMUK Law Number
         5271, states that when a person is detained r when his
         detention period is extended, then with the orders of
         the Public Prosecutor, a relative of the detainee or
         anybody that he mentions should be informed as soon as
         possible.

         But experts say that men and women in prostitution are
         not committing a crime.  Women are treated for VD.
         Only those who mediate to prostitution and provide a
         place are punished with imprisonment from two to four
         years.  END TEXT.

    ¶7.  Published by Hurriyet on Tuesday, August 2:

         TITLE:  Women Forced into Prostitution with Hot Oil
         Were Saved

         BEGIN TEXT:  Five Ukrainian women, who reportedly were
         forced into prostitution by pouring hot oil on them and
         by beating, were saved by a Jandarma operation in
         Antalya.  The Ukrainian women were rejoiced when they
         saw the Jandarma.

         A woman, who called the Hotline 157 on human
         trafficking, said that they were forced into
         prostitution and that they were kept in the dark in a
         shelter.  She gave the address.

         Since the house was located outside the police district
         and in the Guzelyurt district of Calkaya area, the
         information was passed over to the Antalya Jandarma
         Regiment Command.

         The Jandarma captured in the 3-storey house O.S. (42),
         who already has a criminal record, and his son M.S.
         (19).

         When the Jandarma heard voices coming from underground
         in the garden, they noticed that voices were coming
         from a place covered with pebble stones.  The Jandarma
         cleared the pebbles and discovered a shelter.

         In the four square meters shelter they found five
         Ukrainian women sleeping in one bed.  When the women
         saw the Jandarma, they were rejoiced.
         There was no lighting in the shelter.  There was only a
         fan.  There was no washroom or shower either.  The
         women said that they were forced to work in the
         luxurious rooms of the 3-storey house in the evenings
         and later they were put back in the shelter.

         The Ukrainian women said that they were served only
         breakfast.  Y.M. (20), N.P. (20), O.S. (35), K.A. (17)
         and N.T. (27) said that they were brought to Antalya
         with an offer of a job.  They have been forced into
         prostitution for ten months.

         Y.M. said that their passports were taken away from
         them at the airport.  She went on, "We were locked up
         in the shelter.  When we refused to be involved in
         prostitution, we were beaten.  The father and son
         poured hot oil on my legs and genitals.  They tortured
         me on the face.  Marks of torture still are visible."
         She showed her legs.

         N.T. said that O.S. married to her on paper and she
         began to use the name "Hulya Seker."  She reportedly
         was forced into prostitution every night.

         O.S. and his son M.S. were detained and sent to the
         Judicial Hall since they were accused of being
         "involved in human trafficking," "forcing women into
         prostitution" and "mediating for prostitution."

         The Ukrainian women said that they would like to return
         home.  After taking their testimony, authorities sent
         them to the Judicial Hall.  Later they were sent to the
         Foreigners' Police to be sent to their country.  END
         TEXT.

    ¶9.  Published in Milliyet on Tuesday, August 2nd.  This is
    the third part of columnist Can Dundar's series on the Black
    Sea region.

         BEGIN TEXT:  The "Natasha epidemic" lasted for ten
         years and led to the separation of hundreds of
         families, women who are trying to look like Natashas
         and establishment of hundreds of beauty salons.

         Dundar went to the Comlekci district, the first place
         these women came after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
         When the Sarp border gate opened in 1989, initially 15
         people came and after a decade, this figure has reached
         280,000.

         He noted that while people were coming initially for
         suitcase trade, later well-educated and pretty but poor
         women were brought by human traffickers in mass and put
         in the hotels in the Comlekci District.

         Men from villages were selling their tractors and
         coming to these hotels and a "hotel Mafia" took over
         the operation.

         After ten years the police said "Enough," and cleaned
         up the hotels.  In 2004 to 2005, 4000 women were
         deported for prostitution and Natashas left the town.

         Dundar wrote that today Comlekci looked like a town in
         ruins after a hurricane.  On both sides of the street
         there are many hotels lined up.  Small businessmen are
         not joyful.  There are a few Georgian and Azeri women
         in the street.

         He noted that Natashas, who led to a tremor in the
         social life of Trabzon for ten years, have moved
         further South, leaving behind a town that was
         psychologically, socially and sexually shattered.

         Dundar referred to a "damage report for the region
         where divorces increased after the arrival of foreign
         women:
         - In 2003 in Eastern Black Sea region 1730 couples
         divorced.
         - Divorces in Trabzon doubled in the last four years.
         - In Gumushane in 1999, 25 couples got divorced.  In
         2003 this figure reached 1005.  In other words,
         divorces increased 40 percent.

         Dundar also referred to "false" marriages for obtaining
         work permits for foreign women.
         He stated that today Trabzon is dressing its wounds.
         "The Natashas have left but while leaving they changed
         the Black Sea men and women," Dundar wrote.
         He quoted a woman attorney in Trabzon as saying that
         after the Natasha epidemic, there has been less rape
         cases and that women had an easier time walking in the
         street.  She said, "The Black Sea men have changed.
         They learned to take a shower everyday and use
         fragrance.  They also learned how to drink and dance
         properly with women.  These were things that he was not
         doing with his own wife....  Many women bore (the
         burden) of having adulterous husbands.  The idol for
         most was Hulya Avsar.  They were saying, 'Even if a
         successful woman such as Avsar bears this, is it worth
         for me to end the marriage?'"

         Later the Black Sea women began to look for ways for
         being prettier.  You can see dozens of beauty salons on
         the main streets of Trabzon.

         One of them is "Formed" that opened a year ago.  Dr.
         Tartan Kalaycioglu said that they received 420 clients
         in one year.  He added, "The Black Sea men in the past
         did not come to such places.  In the last decade they,
         too, became more concerned about their looks.  In the
         past it was mostly women who wanted to get rid of
         excessive hair.  Now the number of men between 25-40
         has increased...."

         What is more interesting was the fact that this was
         valid in the rural areas as well.  A beauty salon
         opened last month in Besikduzu sub-province.

         Dundar wrote that some real love stories, too, took
         place and there were men who made happy marriages with
         foreign brides.  These couples now were raising a brand-
         new mix-race Black Sea generation.
         --

         Dundar interviewed attorney Sibel Suicmez.  Full
         translation follows:

         - What was the cost of Natashas to the Black Sea
         region?
         - A four dimensional sociological phenomenon took place
         for man, both women and the children.  This is another
         type of Chernobyl.  Women went through a psychological
         trauma.  They still use pills but not speak (out).
         Most of them had their husbands working in other
         places.  In other words, they were not together anyway.
         There was a tacit acceptance.  But for the first time
         they had to face the reality of a second woman.  Some
         men brought foreign woman to their home and took her to
         their bed.  Their wife and children had to listen to
         them in the room next door.  What could she do?  Many
         of them accepted.

         - Were there some who went to the police?
         - They come to ask "What can I do?"  She cannot
         criticize the man.  Some of them chose the wrong target
         and entered a struggle against these women.  Some
         others thought that they had deficiencies and tried to
         look like the foreign women.  At one point all women in
         Trabzon turned blond.  Women, who were working all day
         in the field, put fragrance on and began to serve their
         husbands.  Everybody was focused on the supply part of
         the incident.  Those who were demanding, in other
         words, the men, got away with it.  In fact the moral
         behavior of men should have been discussed.  But men
         might have a different story to tell.

         - Children?
         - An unhealthy new generation came out.  The kids of
         the separated couples were there in the middle.  With
         the arrival of foreigners, the domestic prostitution,
         too, was triggered.  There were reports that some girls
         from the universities were serving as "escorts."
         Police had records on kids as young as nine for
         prostitution.
         Dundar also interviewed Ibrahim Azcan, Trabzon Deputy
         Police Chief.  Full translation follows:

         Ibrahim Azcan, the Deputy Police Chief in Trabzon, is
         the most sympathetic policeman that I've seen in recent
         years.  He regards the issue not like a policeman but
         as a sociologist.  He has written two books.  Soon his
         book on Natashas will be published.  He wrote this book
         after talking to foreign women and also adding his own
         observations.

         - The Natasha business seems to have ended in the Black
         Sea region.  How did this happen?
         - Yes, it began to melt down in 1990s.  Trabzon is a
         port town.  It is a gateway to Russia.  I know that at
         one point five ships were taking off each week and
         cafes were full of women.  Many new hotels opened in
         1990s.  Now their numbers are less.  But this was not
         due to the police.  The society got used to it and came
         to a saturation point and it (the prostitution
         business) began to come down.

         - What has remained?
         - The social damage was grave.  The number of divorces
         was high.  Illegitimate children were born.  But on the
         other hand, the man and woman realized the value of
         their own spouse.  There was a social transformation.
         In that regard, there was both a progress and
         regression.

         - It is claimed that the number of child molesting and
         rape cases dropped after Natashas...
         - I do not agree.  If that were the case, such things
         would never take place in Russia.  But Russia is one of
         the countries that experience a rough form of child
         exploitation.  The decrease in such incidents might be
         because of an increase in the education level.

         - Did the police turned a blind-eye to what was
         happening initially?
         - According to laws, it is not a crime if a man enters
         a sexual intercourse with a woman in return for money.
         I do not have the right to go to the hotel and take
         them out.  But if there is an organized prostitution as
         part of human trafficking, or if the woman does not
         have a visa or if she is sick, then we have the right
         to interfere.  We take them and deport but human
         traffickers change the name of those women and send
         them back with new passports.

         - What is the amount of money involved?
         - There has been a serious money flow.  There were
         clients coming from Erzurum and Agri.  One of the
         Natashas that I talked to told me that she was taking
         three to five clients each day.  She was sending back
         $2000 each month to her country.  In a province where
         there are 1000 Natashas working, at least $2 million
         must have been sent abroad each month.

         - What type of people were the Natashas that you
         interviewed?
         - Most of them were well-cultured women.  But they all
         had problems in their lives.  They looked for economic
         welfare and liberation.  They were involved in
         prostitution out of necessity.  They had serious
         cultural differences with the men they used to be.
         Some of them were very stubborn.  There were some who
         did not let the man approach them without making the
         man perform religious prayers first.

         - What about the Black Sea women?
         - She was influenced both positively and negatively.
         Many of them stayed with their men but the number of
         divorces increased a lot as well.  We do not yet know
         the cost.  The university must hold a study.

         - What is the solution?
         - This is an issue of demand and supply. As long as
         there is the demand, it is hard (to solve) it.  It
         cannot be solved (solely) through law-enforcement
         measures.

         - What should be done for Natashas?
         - Their bosses tell these women, "We are cooperating
         with the police and if you tip off the police, it will
         be your end."  Women are being worked as if they are
         slaves.  When we capture one, we put them in the
         detention center.  But they need psychological support
         and security.  We need to help socially, economically
         and also from a humanitarian aspect these women who are
         victims of human trafficking.  Women shelters which are
         administered not by the state but by NGOs must be
         established where women from similar nationality work.
         END TEXT.

    ¶10.  Published by Milliyet on Wednesday, August 3:
         TITLE:  Prostitution Torture with Hot Oil

         BEGIN TEXT:  The Jandarma saved four Ukrainian women,
         who reportedly were forced into prostitution by being
         subject to torture, following a call to the 157 Hot
         Line in Antalya.

         According to information from the Antalya Provincial
         Jandarma Command, Jandarma Teams from Smuggling and
         Organized Crimes Unit, upon a call they received,
         searched a 3-storey house encircled with high walls and
         barbed wire in Guzelyurt district.  The house was owned
         by O.S., who has a criminal record for "mediating for
         prostitution" and "kidnapping girls."

         The team in the garden noticed that the base of a hut
         made of straw in the garden was covered with pebbles.
         When they removed the pebble and a blanket, they
         noticed an iron lid.  When they opened it, they found
         an underground room and Y.M. (20), N.P. (20), O.A. (37)
         and K.A.

         In this room the Jandarma found a vent and a bed made
         of blankets and comforters.

         O.S. (45), who is the owner of the house, and his son
         M.S. (18) were detained and the investigation was
         further expanded.

         They discovered that the four women came to Antalya ten
         months ago to work.  O.S. took away their passports and
         with threats and beating had forced them into
         prostitution.

         Authorities said that these women were subject to
         inhumane treatment, including pouring hot oil on them.
         They were kept in that secret room for two months.  The
         women will be sent back to their country whenever they
         want.

         Y.M.said that their passports were taken away at the
         airport. She said, "We were locked up in the shelter.
         When we refused to be involved in prostitution, we were
         beaten.  The father and son poured hot oil on my legs
         and genitals.  They tortured me on the face.  I carry
         the signs of torture."

         N.T. claimed that they were forced into prostitution
         every night.

         The father and son were detained for getting their
         testimony.  Later they were sent to a judge.  END TEXT.

    ¶11.  Published by Tercuman on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE:  Prostitution Torture

         BEGIN TEXT:  Four foreign women, brought to Antalya and
         forced into prostitution ten months ago, were saved by
         a Jandarma operation.

         Osman Seker and his son Mehmet Seker kept the four
         women with a method used by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
         when he was hiding from U.S. troops.

         After somebody called the 157 Hot Line, the Jandarma
         raided a house in the Calkaya districts Guzelyurt
         region.  When the Jandarma noticed in the garden of the
         3-storey house a den whose lid is covered with sand,
         they opened it and found four foreign women.
         Four women of Russian nationality whose ages are
         between 17 to 37, began to cheer with happiness when
         they saw the Jandarma who saved them.
         Osman Seker, who is known as "Hazir Osman" and his son
         Mehmet, who were at the house during the raid, were
         detained.

         The women filed a complaint against the suspects and
         said, "They told us that there were jobs in Turkey but
         we were forced into prostitution in Antalya.  When we
         objected, they poured hot oil on our body.  They beat
         us and inflicted torture.  They took away our passports
         to prevent us from fleeing.  We requested our clients
         to help us.  We want to go back home."  END TEXT.

    ¶12.  Published by Cumhuriyet on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE: Forced into Prostitution with Hot Oil

         BEGIN TEXT:  Jandarma teams raided a house upon a call
         to the 157 Hot Line and saved four Ukrainian women who
         were tortured by pouring hot oil on them and forced
         into prostitution for months in Antalya.

         These women were found in the basement of a 3-storey
         house of O.S. (48) who has a criminal record for
         kidnapping girls.  O.S. and his son M.S. (18) were
         detained.

         These women were locked up in the basement for two
         months and were forced into prostitution.  END TEXT.

    ¶13.  Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE:  Five Sex Slaves in a Shelter of 4 Square Meters

         BEGIN TEXT:  A woman who called the 157 Hot Line in
         Antalya and gave an address in the Calkaya District
         claiming that they were forced into prostitution and
         kept in a shelter.

         The Jandarma carried out an operation and captured
         Osman Seker (42) and his son Mehmet (19).

         The Jandarma noticed that voices were coming from the
         basement of a hut in the garden.

         After clearing the pebble stone, the Jandarma noticed a
         shelter.  They used a ladder to go down and saw five
         Ukrainian women in a 4 square meter shelter.  The women
         sheered when they saw the Jandarma.

         Y.M. (20), N.P. (20), O.A. (35), N.T. (27) and K.A.(17)
         said that they were brought to Antalya with promises of
         employment but forced into prostitution for ten months.

         Y.M. said that their passports were taken away and
         added, "We were locked up in the shelter.  We were
         beaten when we refused to be involved in prostitution.
         The father and son poured hot oil on my legs and
         genitals.  They inflicted torture on my face."  She
         showed her legs.

         The Ukrainian women were turned over to the police for
         deportation.  END TEXT.

    ¶14.  Carried by Radikal on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE:  Horror House in Antalya: Nightmare Ended With a
         Call to 157

         BEGIN TEXT:  Five women who were brought to Antalya
         with a job offer were locked up in a 4 square meter
         shelter underground.  When the women resisted to forced
         prostitution, they were subject to terrible torture.

         A call to the 157 Hot Line disclosed a savagery in
         Antalya.  A woman called the hot line and said that
         they were forced into prostitution.  She gave the
         address of the house in the Cankaya District of the
         Guzelyurt region.
         Upon this call the Antalya Jandarma Regiment Command
         teams yesterday carried out an operation on a 3-storey
         house where Osman Seker (42) who has a criminal record
         for mediating for prostitution and for human
         trafficking, and his son Murat (19) live.

         The father and son were detained when jandarma heard
         voices coming from the basement of a hut in the garden.
         They removed the blanket covered with pebble stone and
         noticed a shelter.  With a ladder they went down the
         shelter and found Ukrainian Y.M. (20), N.P. (20), O.S.
         (35), K.A. (17) and N.T. (27).

         There was no washroom in the shelter and air
         circulation was carried out with a single vent.  The
         women said that in the evenings they were taken to the
         luxurious rooms of the house and forced into
         prostitution.  After their jobs were over, these women
         were put back in the shelter.  They said that they were
         only given breakfast.  They noted that they were
         brought to Antalya with promises of job offers but
         forced into prostitution for ten months.

         Y.M. said that their passport was taken away from them
         at the airport and went on, "We were locked up in the
         shelter.  We were beaten when we did not want to be
         involved in prostitution.  The father and son poured
         hot oil on my legs and genitals.  They tortured me on
         the face.  Signs of torture are still on me."

         N.T. said that Osman Seker married to her on paper and
         she began to use the name Hulya Seker.  She said,
         "Every night I was forced into prostitution."

         Osman Seker and his son Murat, after being detained,
         testified and were sent to the prosecutor for having
         committed the crimes of making human trafficking,
         forcing people into prostitution and mediating for
         prostitution.

         The Ukrainian women to testified and were sent to the
         judicial hall.  They were given to the Antalya Police
         Foreigners Department for deportation.  END TEXT.

    ¶15.  Also carried by Radikal on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE:  Six Women Rejoiced in 45 Days

         BEGIN TEXT:  The 157 Hot Line, a project by IOM
         attached to the UN, which demonstrated the scary scope
         of women trafficking in Turkey, became operational on
         May 23, 2005.

         According to data by IOM, 187 people called the hot
         line with genuine reasons in 45 days and six victims
         were saved.

         The IOM campaign aims at saving and protecting
         potential human trafficking victims coming to Turkey
         from neighboring countries, including Moldova and the
         Ukraine.

         Many people call the 157 Hot Line but many call out of
         curiosity.

         From May 23 to July 6, 2005, 187 genuine calls came to
         the hot line and 69 of them were giving tips, including
         49 from neighbors and 20 by victims themselves.  When
         authorities evaluated the calls, six victims were saved
         from the hands of smugglers.  END TEXT.

    ¶16.  The following column by Oral Calislar appeared in
    "Cumhuriyet" on Wednesday, August 3:

         TITLE:  Calling the Wife of a Man Caught with a
         Prostitute

         BEGIN TEXT:  When the newspapers began to carry reports
         that prostitution was spreading in Erzurum, local
         administrators were mobilized.  Nurettin Arici, Deputy
         Police Chief of Erzurum, the other day at the Police
         Club said that they would inform the wives of men
         caught with a prostitute.  This report got prominent
         coverage in our paper.

         This was what the Deputy Police chief said but the
         Erzurum Governor and Police Chief did not think alike.
         Governor Celalettin Guvenc noted that the police was
         working hard to fight against prostitution in the city
         and that this fight would be carried out within the
         boundaries of law.  The Governor concluded his remarks
         by saying, "My colleagues made such an announcement as
         a solution but there won't be any such implementation."

         After the report was covered in the media, I thought
         about it:  What kind of a situation would be created if
         the wives of men caught with prostitutes were informed?
         Certainly, there should first be a common understanding
         of what prostitution is.  According to the general
         belief in Turkey, prostitution means a married man
         having sex with a woman in return for money.  Well, can
         a married woman be with a man in return for money?  I
         don't think that this was ever imagined.

         Is it prostitution if a married man goes to a brothel?
         A brothel is a legal place and one does not ask whether
         or not clients are married.  Then it may not be called
         prostitution.  The type of prostitution in Erzurum that
         the police was talking about, looks as though it was
         unlicensed sexual contact.

         In the summer supplements and social pages of the
         newspapers all reports talk about love.  It is hard to
         track down who is with whose wife or husband.    Nobody
         thinks whether those (relationships) would be
         considered prostitution.  In a way such things are
         considered normal.  Nobody thinks that they commit a
         prostitution crime and there should be legal action
         against them.  Maybe there are those who think that
         there should be legal action but since such a thing
         would lead to a scandal, they only talk about it.

         Activities of the high society and stars at summer
         resorts are considered normal but the same thing is not
         considered normal in Erzurum.  But we are aware that
         there are situations that are considered normal even in
         Anatolian towns, such as Erzurum:  men can be involved
         with a woman aside from their wives.  This is what
         every man should do.  Both women and men are aware of
         this (fact).

         Erzurum is known to be a conservative town.  In recent
         years people refer to a booming prostitution in other
         conservative towns, such as Erzurum, as well.  I wonder
         why?  It is not possible to think that women approve of
         their husbands' relations with other women.  But in our
         culture, in which men have superiority, polygamy
         continues.  Women unwillingly accept this situation.

         Women do not like the idea of men to be with other
         women in return for money.  But still they do not raise
         their voice much by saying that men would do such
         things.

         The real problem will arise if the wife of a man caught
         with another woman is informed.  What would women do in
         such a situation?  Since they won't say, "I'm glad that
         you did," they should show a reaction.  How many women
         can challenge or show a reaction to a husband who holds
         the purse strings and in a culture that holds men
         superior?  The reaction that she would show, may get
         her in further trouble.

         A man may beat his wife or throw her from the house if
         the wife nags a lot over such an issue or makes a fuss.

         Since the Erzurum Governor and the Police Chief were
         aware of this culture in our country, they gave up
         implementing (the method suggested by the deputy Police
         chief).  What type of an image would husbands captured
         with another women and their wives coming to police
         station portray?  Eventually women would be suffering
         (more) for such incidents because it is this culture
         that cherishes supremacy of men that is behind
         prostitution as well?  Is it not the man who thinks
         that he has the right to be with more than one woman?

         I believe the meaning of prostitution differ a lot from
         country to country, city to city and culture to
         culture.  Maybe it needs to be re-defined.  END TEXT.

    ¶17.  Published by Vatan on Saturday, August 6:

         TITLE:  Blow to Prostitution Mafia

         BEGIN TEXT:  Anjelika A., a Turkmenistan citizen, was
         caught in the Fatih District of Istanbul without a
         passport.  She said that she was lured into Turkey by
         promises of becoming a hair dresser but those people
         who brought her forced her into prostitution.  Upon
         this testimony the policy carried out an operation.

         The Police Foreigners Department teams raided some
         addresses in Fatih and detained five people, including
         two women.

         It was discovered that the ring leader was Cabbar E.
         and that Anna C., who was a Moldavian and adopted
         Turkish citizenship was bringing women from different
         countries to Turkey.

         In searches police rescued eight more women from
         Russia, Kyrgysiztan, Turkmenistan and Moldova.

         Selim U., Liliya K., Anna C., Aziz K. and Cabbar E.,
         were sent to the prosecutor with the accusation of
         being involved in human trafficking, forming a gang for
         committing a crime and forcing women into prostitution.
         While Selim U., and Liliya K. were set free to be tried
         on release, the others were arrested and put in jail.
         END TEXT.

    ¶18.  Reported by Sabah on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  They Entered Happy But Came Out Sad

         BEGIN TEXT:  Hair-rising results were obtained at the
         health check ups of 120 women captured during Jandarma
         Regiment Command operations on 32 hotels, pensions,
         houses in five sub-provinces in Istanbul.

         It was discovered that six of the women were carrying
         HIV virus and 39 women had venereal disease.

         Upon these operations carried out  simultaneously
         against the international prostitution network in
         Silivri, Beylikduzu, Buyukcekmece, Eesenyurt and
         Kumburgaz, the men involved with these women were
         surveyed.  The Jandarma appealed to the men who were
         with women from Russia, Moldavia and Ukraine and asked
         them to go to a hospital as soon as possible.

         The medical check up was carried out at the Cankurtaran
         Skin and Venereal Diseases Hospital and 70 of the 120
         women already were deported.  END TEXT.

    ¶19.  Published by Tercuman on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Spreading Disease

         BEGIN TEXT:  The Istanbul Provincial Jandarma Regiment
         Command carried out simultaneous operations against an
         international prostitution network in Silivri,
         Beylikduzu, Buyukcekmece, Esenyurt, Kumburgaz and
         Eminonu.

         The 32 hotels, pensions and houses were raided by the
         Jandarma teams and 120 women, who were determined to be
         involved in prostitution, from Russia, Moldavia and
         Ukraine were detained.

         In their medical check up, it was seen that six of
         these women had HIV virus, 26 had gonorrhea, seven had
         fungus and other microbiotic infections.
         The Jandarma teams tried to figure out with how many
         men these women slept and appealed to men who were with
         these women to go to a hospital as soon as possible.
         The operations will continue and 70 of the women were
         deported. END TEXT.

    ¶20.  Published by Cumhuriyet on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Six Foreign Women HIV Positive

         BEGIN TEXT:  It was determined that six of the 68
         foreign women, who were detained during a crackdown on
         prostitution in Buyukcekmece and Silivri, were HIV
         positive.
         Six of these women, including four Moldavians and two
         Russians, had HIV, while 31 women had venereal disease.

         It was learned that the 68 women who were processed at
         the Foreigners' Department will be deported.

         Meanwhile, five people were detained in a raid on a
         house in Fatih for forcing seven women into
         prostitution.  Three of them were arrested.  END TEXT.

    ¶21.  Published by Milliyet on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Six HIV Positive in a Prostitution Operation

         BEGIN TEXT:  Six of the 68 foreign women detained for
         prostitution during operations in Buyukcekmece and
         Silivri were HIV positive.

         The 68 women from Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan,
         Kyrgyzstan and Moldavian were taken for a medical check
         up and it was determined that four Moldavians and two
         Russian, in other words six women were HIV positive and
         31 women had venereal disease.  The 68 women will be
         deported.  END TEXT.

    ¶22.  Reported by Vatan on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Prostitution Operations in Full Speed

         BEGIN TEXT:  Sixty-eight women from Russia, Ukraine,
         Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldavia were captured
         during an operation in Buyukcekmece and Silivri in
         Istanbul were sent to a venereal disease hospital.

         It was seen that six women, including four Moldavians
         and two Russians, were HIV positive, while 31 of them
         had venereal disease.  Those who had sexual contact
         with these women were asked to report to a hospital.

         Meanwhile, M.S., N.S., and S.K. were detained in
         Silifke, Mersin for taking away the passports of
         foreign women and forcing them into prostitution.

         M.S. was arrested and the other two were set free
         pending trial.  END TEXT.

    ¶23.  Published by Aksam on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Six of them Are HIV Positive

         BEGIN TEXT:  Sixty-eight women from Russia, Moldova,
         Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, who were detained
         for prostitution during operations in Buyukcekmece and
         Silivri, were sent to a venereal disease hospital after
         necessary (paper) work.

         It was discovered that six of the women were HIV
         positive.  Four of them were from Moldova and two from
         Russia.  The police said that 31 women had venereal
         disease and asked men who had sexual contact with these
         women to report to the closest hospital and take
         necessary tests.

         The women were taken to the foreigners department for
         deportation.  END TEXT.

    ¶24.  Published by Turkish Daily News on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  IOM commends progress in counter human-
         trafficking increased prosecution
         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey has made significant progress in
         efforts to stop human trafficking over the past couple
         of years but the prosecution of traffickers still needs
         to be increased as the country takes steps in the
         direction of achieving a "model success" in dealing
         with one of the worst forms of crime, according to the
         International Organization for Migration (IOM).

         "We must be able to set an example to traffickers in
         order for them to understand that Turkey does not
         condone this form of crime," said Marielle Sander-
         Lindstrom, chief of mission of the IOM's Turkey office.

         The revised Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which came into
         force on June1, includes an article, Article 80 that
         calls for prison terms of eight to 12 years for
         traffickers, but prosecutors have mostly tended to use
         other articles that regulate prostitution, sticking to
         an old habit that was sanctioned under the old TCK.

         Sander-Lindstrom, in an interview with the Turkish
         Daily News, said the degree of familiarity with Article
         80 among judges and prosecutors should increase.

         "These [the article's provisions] were placed into
         Turkish law specifically for Turkey to be able to fight
         human trafficking, which is an international crime,"
         she said.  "Turkey is doing its part and prosecutors
         should support Turkey in this by applying the correct
         articles."

         Turkey, a destination country for increasingly many
         women-mostly from the former Soviet republics-who have
         been trafficked primarily for sexual exploitation,
         introduced an action plan and launched a national task
         force two years ago to cope with this issue, which is
         widely seen as a modern-day form of slavery.  The
         efforts were in response to a surge over the past few
         years in the number of persons trafficked into Turkey,
         mostly in parallel to improving living standards and
         job opportunities here.

         The improving standards ensuing from European Union
         membership prospects presents a situation heavily
         exploited by human traffickers, who sometimes lure
         young women with promises of regular employment but
         which ultimately results in forced prostitution, debt
         and various forms of abuse including forced
         confinement, control of personal documents such as
         passports and threats.  In 2004, authorities identified
         266 victims of human trafficking across Turkey but
         officials say this is just the "tip of the iceberg."
         Thus far this year, the IOM has provided assistance to
         some 117 victims of trafficking, mostly from the former
         Soviet republics, identified throughout several
         provinces of Turkey.

         The Geneva-based IOM, which Turkey joined in 2004, is a
         major ally of the Turkish government in counter-
         trafficking efforts.

         In June, the IOM, in close coordination with the
         Turkish government, launched the first major multi-
         country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking
         across Turkey and main source countries in Eastern
         Europe and the former Soviet countries.

         The $700,000 campaign, funded by the U.S. government,
         is meant to raise awareness, step up legal training for
         law enforcement and provide medical and other
         assistance to the victims of human trafficking.  The
         IOM is also promoting Turkey's 157 hotline for the
         rescue of trafficked individuals both in Turkey and
         three main source countries of the victims, namely
         Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.

         Travelers from source countries to Turkey are also
         warned of the dangers of trafficking through inserts
         put into their passports at ports of entry into Turkey,
         provided by Turkish embassies in the countries
         concerned.

         Miracle of 157:

         The fruits of the counter-trafficking efforts are not
         difficult to see.  Last week, Turkish police rescued
         five Ukrainian women who were tortured with boiling oil
         and imprisoned in a basement by human traffickers in
         the southern province of Antalya after they contacted
         the 157 hotline and requested help.

         Sander-Lindstrom said a total of 17 victims of human
         trafficking, including the five Ukrainians, have been
         rescued after calls to the 157 hotline over the past
         two months, since the three-digit line was launched.
         The rescued victims include nine Ukrainians, five
         Moldovans and one Romanian as well as two Turks.  Eight
         others, who are yet to be described as victims although
         they have been identified as such because they still
         await payment from people they say employed them,
         remain as suspected trafficking victims.

         In addition to rescue operations and a referral system
         where the 157 hotline system works with police and the
         gendarmerie to coordinate the rescue of the victims,
         authorities have also taken steps to provide shelter
         for the rescued victims, with the preparations in their
         final stage to open a shelter in Ankara in addition to
         a 12-person capacity shelter already open in Istanbul.
         The IOM is planning to work with bar associations to
         provide free legal assistance to the victims.

         "Turkey has for many years been the missing link in
         this region and it has now moved to fill this gap,"
         said Sander-Lindstrom.  "What remains is to expand the
         network of NGOs [nongovernmental organizations]
         providing assistance in Turkey, and we also need to
         work with judges and prosecutors to put the
         perpetrators behind bars."

         Turkish NGOs, which the IOM says could be extremely
         helpful in providing shelter and assistance that the
         victims would need, either know nothing about the human
         trafficking problem or are unwilling to address it
         because they think it is about prostitution, according
         to Sander-Lindstrom.  END TEXT.

    ¶25.  Published by Turkish Daily News on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Anti-trafficking drive on course.  Turkey has
         come a long way in a short period of time in the fight
         against human trafficking, but prosecution of
         perpetrators needs to be increased, as the only way to
         stop trafficking is to hurt traffickers, says the IOM.

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey has taken giant strides to combat
         human trafficking over the past couple of years,
         raising public awareness and introducing legal
         provisions to punish traffickers, but more perpetrators
         need to be prosecuted vigorously for Turkey to send a
         clear message that it does not condone this extreme
         form of international crime, the chief official of the
         International Office for Migration (IOM) said.

         "The law is there, but it is not properly applied,"
         said Marielle Sander-Lindstrom, chief of the mission of
         IOM's Turkey office, in an interview with the Turkish
         Daily News.  "Turkey can be very strong if the
         authorities concerned just use the tools that they
         already have."

         The new Turkish Penal Code (TCK) contains an article
         that stipulates eight to 12-year prison terms for
         traffickers, but prosecutors still prefer to use other
         articles regulating prostitution, she said.

         IOM's efforts in Turkey, which are closely coordinated
         with the Turkish government, are bearing fruit, with
         the police having rescued a total of 17 victims of
         trafficking following calls made to the 157 hotline-a
         national, toll-free telephone help line that has been
         operational for two months.  In a sign of growing
         public awareness on the issue, an overwhelming majority
         of calls have been from men who are clients of the
         trafficked women forced into prostitution.  END TEXT.

    ¶26.  Published by Turkish Daily News on Sunday, August 7:

         TITLE:  Raising awareness, changing perceptions

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey's 157 hotlines for the rescue of
         victims of human trafficking has received the majority
         of calls since its launch two months ago from men, the
         bulk of whom were clients of those trafficked and
         forced into prostitution, data from the Geneva-based
         International Organization for Migrants (IOM) shows.
         The hotline, which operations 24 hours a day and seven
         days a week, has received a total of 130 calls over the
         past two months requesting emancipation from the
         unfortunate circumstances the callers find themselves
         in.  The IOM data reveals that 95 calls were from
         clients and others, with only 35 coming from the
         perceived victims themselves.

         The figures highlight a gradual shift in the way women,
         mostly from the former Soviet republics, are trafficked
         for purposes of sexual exploitation in the Turkish
         Republic, according to Marielle Sander-Lindstrom, chief
         of mission of IOM's Turkey office.

         "Usually, the clients visit these women and they tend
         to think the women are regular prostitutes and that
         they want to do it," she told the Turkish Daily News in
         an interview.  "But as they get to know the women, they
         realize that they are trapped and enslaved and want to
         rescue them."

         Women from the former Soviet republics have long been
         viewed as willing workers in the prostitution sector in
         Turkey and all of them were lumped together as
         "Natashas" in the eyes of the Turkish public, who has
         paid little attention to the differences between
         willing labor and trafficked persons forced into
         prostitution through ill-treatment and even torture.

         The IOM and the Turkish government are aiming to raise
         public awareness with a view to giving the public an
         accurate picture of the reality, which authorities
         think would be an asset in counter-trafficking efforts.

         "That's why there is such a need for awareness at local
         community level because people are very quick to judge.
         But once they understand the whole story they become
         sympathetic," Sander-Lindstrom said.

         She said a change in the way the Turkish media
         approaches the issue by focusing not at the
         prostitution aspect but on the element of organized
         crime behind the issue and the victims was also very
         positive.  END TEXT.

    ¶27.  Reported by (Internet) Athens News agency on Sunday,
    August 7:

         TITLE:  Turkish Driver Arrested in Greece for
         Transporting Three Illegal Immigrants

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT:  A Turkish car driver was
         arrested on Sunday [7 Aug] by border guards in Lavara,
         Didymotiho, in northern Greece for illegally
         transporting three fellow-countrymen illegal immigrants
         into the country.

         The Turkish trafficker had entered Greece legally from
         the border post Kypon, Evros and later picked up the
         illegal immigrants, with the purpose, for pay, to
         advance them to the interior of the country.

         All the arrested will appear before the Orestiada
         public prosecutor.  END TEXT.

    ¶28.  Published by Chisinau Infotag on Monday, August 8:
         TITLE:  Moldovan NGO Publishes Human-Trafficking
         Research

         BEGIN FBIS-TRANSLATED TEXT:  Chisinau, 8 August:  The
         International Centre for Women's Rights Protection and
         Promotion La Strada presented the first analytical
         research entitled "Human trafficking in Moldova:
         commentaries, trends and recommendations" at a news
         conference on Monday 8 August.

         Ana Revenco, chairwoman of the La Strada centre, said
         the research is based on 2001-04 statistics data of the
         La Strada international programme on preventing
         trafficking in women in Central and Eastern Europe.

         "The goal of the research is to see what are the
         hallmarks of human trafficking in Moldova, factors
         contributing to this negative phenomenon and its
         development trends," she said.

         Revenco said the research could become a basis for
         developing new strategies on fighting human trafficking
         as it contains many valuable recommendations on how to
         prevent it.

         One of the authors of the study, Tatiana Fomina, said
         the research is based on surveys carried out among 150
         human trafficking victims and 105 NGOs and institutions
         dealing with human trafficking, as well as hotline
         calls.

         [Passage omitted:  minor details]

         The research shows that most victims are unmarried
         women aged under 25 coming from rural parts of Moldova.
         It also points to a significant increase in the number
         of trafficked children recently.  As a rule, victims
         are employed for sexual purposes or begging.

         The head of the human trafficking department of the
         Prosecutor General's Office, Eugen Rusu, said the
         research is extremely important to both police and
         general public.

         "So far, we have opened 700 criminal cases against
         people charged with human trafficking.  Thirty-seven
         people were convicted on such charges in 2003, 97 in
         2004 and 50 in the first half of 2005," he said.

         Under Moldovan legislation, people found guilty of
         human trafficking risk up to 25 years in prison and
         various fines.  The 500-copy research has been issued
         in three languages-Romanian, Russian and English-and is
         to be distributed free of charge among members of the
         public and NGOs engaged in fighting human trafficking
         in Moldova, as well as international structures.

         [The same research shows that over 46 per cent of
         Moldovan women who went to Turkey in 2004 were forced
         into prostitution.  The figure is 33 per cent higher
         than in 2001, according to the Moldovan news agency
         Basapress, Chisinau, in Moldovan.]  END TEXT.

    ¶29.  Published by Hurriyet on Friday, August 12:

         TITLE:  WATCH OUT IN BODRUM

         BEGIN TEXT:  Celal Capa, a prominent manager of the
         entertainment sector complained that families in Bodrum
         were not showing due attention to their children who
         were 13-14 and that these kids were providing services
         for high prices.

         Speaking to "Tempo" magazine, Capa made some striking
         assessments: "There are some big brothers and not so
         conscious girls who are wandering around.  Their
         parents almost all are the same.  These are girls who
         look alike.  Meanwhile, some youngsters are working
         hard for taking these girls from one place to the other
         and no entertainer says they won't admit them in since
         they spend a lot of money.  Streets and corners are
         full of 14-18-year old kids."
         Capa asked, "How can entertainers take care of these
         kids when their families don't?...  Let families not
         leave their kids alone.  Am I supposed to be more
         responsible for those kids than their parents who do
         not know where their children are at midnight?"  (He
         went commenting about the house prices in Bodrum and
         that it was not worth buying property that would be
         used for two months each year....)

         "Tempo" reportedly spoke to D.U. (22), who was raped in
         the Bodrum street of bars when she was 13.  The young
         woman told the weekly, "I have many girl friends who
         fled their homes.  They participate in orgies in Bodrum
         for money.  They go to 5-star hotels with rich men.
         They each get $150.  The age of these girls is 15 or
         ¶16.  In recent years usage of drugs went up."  END
         TEXT.

    ¶30.  Published by Vatan on Sunday, August 14:

         BEGIN TEXT:  We no longer are surprised with the
         newspaper reports on foreign women who were forced into
         prostitution by inflicting torture.

         A great majority of these women, who have been coming
         to Turkey for approximately ten years, have been
         fleeing poverty in their country and they willingly and
         knowingly get involved in prostitution in order to earn
         money.  But there are also victimized women who were
         deceived to be brought to Turkey and who were forced
         into prostitution by human traffickers.  For some time
         countries where such problems are seen have been doing
         work for such victims with U.S. pressure.

         Turkey has been trying to resolve it at a high level
         since it realized the problem.

         Everyday hundreds of calls come to the hotline 157,
         established by the IOM to rescue women victims.  Hence,
         relevant ministries and IKGV, under the surveillance of
         the MFA, joined forces in order to reach the victims.
         The IKGV shelter opened recently.  Women receive
         support at the shelter and enable these women to return
         to their countries.

         Tuba Dundar, an administrator of the IKGV, commented on
         the human trafficking issue, while V.T., who was forced
         into prostitution in a house in Istanbul in which she
         was kept for five years and who now stays at the
         shelter, commented on her bitter journey in Turkey.

         "THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD AMPUTATE MY ARMS OR LEG
         AND THROW ME IN THE SEA"

         - When did you arrive in Turkey?
         In August 2000.

         - To do what?
         To serve as a nanny and for cleaning jobs.

         - Have you ever (served in those jobs)?
         No.

         - How did you end up being in the hands of human
         traffickers?
         A woman back home said that women were paid well here
         and that people were earning $250-300 per month.  I
         have kids.  My elder daughter was supposed to study
         Criminology.  My salary was $15.  Sometimes we could
         not get our money for six months.  So I came here with
         five of my friends.  I did not know Turkish.  They
         taught me.  Later the women who brought us here said,
         "I did you a favor.  Now you will do me a favor."  She
         asked us to be involved in prostitution.

         - What did you say?
         We did not accept.  She gave us neither food, nor
         water.  We were starving.

         - How many days did it last?
         I believe for four days.  I don't know exactly because
         we were locked up in the basement of a house.  Since
         there was no light I don't know how much time passed.
         Later somebody came and inserted an IV in us to make us
         feel even hungrier.  There was a woman called Saadet
         Hanim.  She was 60 years old and wore a head scarf.
         She came down with a tray of food and sat in front of
         us.  She began to eat the food.  One of us no longer
         could stand it and agreed to work and she ate the food.
         Later each and every one of us agreed to work.
         - Who was Saadet Hanim?
         Ali Bey was the name of our boss.  When we called him
         "Ali," he was beating us and saying, "You are my
         property.  I can kill you."  Saadet Hanim taught us
         Turkish.  There was a certain vocabulary that we needed
         to learn everyday.  If we could not learn it, she would
         beat us with a stick with three chains on it.  We
         complained about her to Ali Bey.  He said, "This is her
         method."  Sometimes she used to hit us with that stick
         and the chains that go around our limbs used to rip
         open our skin as she pulled the stick back.  Once I got
         it on my ankle skin.  Since I was a nurse, I put back
         the skin.  When Saadet Hanim asked whether I cared for
         medicine, I said "Yes" and she brought some salt and
         put it on my wound.  As my skin recovered, she used to
         pull it open again.

         - For how long did you work?
         After learning Turkish I began to work.  I don't
         remember the time exactly.  I had lost my memory.  As I
         said, we could not understand whether it was day or
         night.  When a guest arrived, they were taking us to
         the second floor.

         - Who was the guest?
         Ali Bey asked us not to call them clients but guests.

         - Did you try to flee?
         Yes, during the early days when a guest arrived I told
         him that I did not want to work and requested his help.
         He agreed and took me out.  I saw a huge wall and I did
         not know anything.  Indeed he deceived me.  A minute
         later the boss arrived.  He beat me in such a way that
         five of my ribs were broken.  He said, "If you ever try
         to flee again I'll kill you.  You are a foreigner.
         I'll amputate your arms or leg and throw you into the
         sea.  Nobody will look for you."

         - Have you not asked anybody else to help?
         No.   I was looking into the eyes of the clients but
         never saw a trace of humanitarian feeling.  I know that
         they wouldn't help me.  I did not get positive
         electricity from anyone.

         - How were the clients treating you?  What type of
         people were they?  Were some of them educated?
         They were degrading us.    They were treating us as if
         we were a piece of furniture.  There were some educated
         people but having information does not necessarily have
         anything to do with education.  There were also rich
         and chic people.

         - How were you saved?
         On a TV program I heard about the hotline 157.  I told
         myself that this was my last chance: I would either die
         or be saved.  I told this to a client and begged him to
         allow me to use his phone.  He said that he had a wife
         and children and did not agree.  He thought that
         something would happen to them.  When I begged a lot,
         he allowed me to call 157.  I told the operator to come
         and save me.  They asked for the address but I did not
         know the address.  I asked the man to tell ME the
         address but he was afraid so he did not.  Later I
         really begged a lot.  He told me that one day he would
         come and take me out and that I could call the hotline
         then.  One day he came and took me out.  I called 157.
         The man left me and said, "May God help you.  Don't
         ever do this again."  Policemen came and took me.  This
         was how I was saved.

         - A client of yours helped you, in other words?
         Yes.  He was a good person.  Our souls were alike.  He
         liked poetry.  He knew about Goethe and Dumas.  We
         chatted a lot.
         - Where were you staying?
         I don't know.  I went out only three times in five
         years, including twice during the night.  The third was
         when I fled.  I did not know any place.  We were always
         in that house.  Even in the house we could not wander
         freely.  When a client arrived, they opened the lock
         and took us to the second floor to a specific room.
         The curtains were always closed.  We used to look
         behind the sheers.  I could see only the sea.  I wanted
         to learn the address because there are two more women
         left behind there.

         - Where are the rest of your friends?
         Two of them are in the house.  Indeed one of them was
         working voluntarily.  The other tried to flee and was
         captured.  Ali bey beat her in such a way that I have
         never seen anything like that.  Her ears, eyes, nose
         were bleeding.  Later she never could recover.  Her
         psychology was disturbed.  She was taken away and never
         returned.  They might have released her or killed her.

         - How were you spending time at home?
         I was doing crossword puzzles.  I also read books in
         Turkish.

         - Did they buy you books?
         No.  There was a very rich library on the second floor
         of the house, including Alexander Dumas, Tolstoy--all
         the classical works.  I read them.

         - How did you meet your personal and health needs?
         Once a month, a doctor came.   He not only took blood
         samples, but carried out the gynecological check up.
         Indeed we were given a lot of vitamins.  They wanted us
         to put on some weight.  They told us that Turkish men
         liked plump women.  When I arrived I was 50 kilograms,
         now I'm 95.  They did not let us do sports so we
         wouldn't lose weight.

         - In other words, a doctor would come and see your
         situation?
         Yes, he knew everything but did not say anything.  It
         was not only the doctor but also a hair dresser used to
         come whenever there was a party.

         - Did they give you money?
         I never saw any money.

         - Did you ever speak to your family?
         I called my mother two days ago.  I talked to my
         younger daughter.

         - What did you talk about?
         My mother cried a lot.  They actually applied to the
         Interpol.  They were searching for me.  I talked to my
         younger daughter.  When I left her, she was 5.  I asked
         her whether she remembered me and she told me that she
         loved me a lot.

         - Do you have anything else to say?
         I suffered a lot but I'll forget all these.  I'm very
         happy that I'll see my kids.  I also would like to tell
         my boss Ali Bey that I'm free.  He told me that I was
         his property.  I want him to read this article.  I say
         to him that I'm not his property but a human being.

         - Will you come to Turkey again?
         Never.

         --
         Following is the interview with Tuba Dundar of IKGV:

         "TURKEY WOKE UP (realized) LATE"

         - What type of an institution is IKGV?
         The IKGV was established as a non-profit independent
         institution in 1998.  It does not have a constant
         income.  It is an NGO that implements programs if
         projects that it prepares could get funds from grant-
         providing institutions.

         - When did you begin to work for foreign women?
         The Foundation in the past did some work on refugees.
         We realized there were victims of human trafficking in
         ¶2002.  We entered the subject fully in 2004.  We signed
         protocols with the TNP and the Jandarma.  By using EU
         funds, we provided training to around 200 policemen,
         judges and prosecutors because human trafficking and
         human smuggling are mixed up.

         - How?
         Turkey was a bit late on this issue.  Human trafficking
         has been discussed at international fora for
         approximately ten years because the problem now is out
         in the open.  In the last few years Turkey, too, began
         to take steps.  There is a task force.  There are
         meetings held with the participation of the MFA,
         Health, Tourism, and Finance Ministries, military,
         police and the IKGV.  Nowadays the IOM, too, is
         participating.

         - Can we say that the state finally has taken this
         issue seriously?
         The U.S. has been issuing a human trafficking report
         every year.  Countries are evaluated in three tiers.
         Until two years ago Turkey was in Tier 3.  In other
         words, in the group that did nothing against human
         trafficking.  The opening of the shelter was big news,
         especially abroad.  This report was been pressuring
         countries that have relations with the U.S. although
         not very clearly.

         - Are there issued that the Foundation find it hard to
         cope?
         There is a difficulty of finding funds.  The
         metropolitan Municipality pays the rent of the shelter.
         Phillip Morris covers the expenses for personnel and
         the all the needs of the 11-people shelter.

         - How may women have you reached as of now?
         More than 90.  It is not possible to give an exact
         figure because everyday one leaves and the other one
         comes.  We work with the police.  Some of the women
         captured during the raids were involved in prostitution
         voluntarily.  They are deported.  But those who are
         victims of human trafficking come here.  We send them
         to their countries from here.

         - How do the victims come to the country?
         There are those who come as a tourist and find
         themselves in the hands of traffickers and there are
         also those who look for a job opportunity.  There are
         many women who were deceived by their friends.
         Compatriots sell fellow women friends.

         - From which countries do they come mostly?
         Moldova and the Ukraine.  There are many who come from
         the Russian Republics.  Recently there were some coming
         from the Turkic Republics such as Turkmenistan,
         Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

         - What would you like to say as your last words?
         There is a mass of clients for these women.  One needs
         to appeal to them.  Do you know in what kind of
         conditions these women, with whom you have sex in
         return for money, live in?   Do you know these women
         don't get a dime but also live in prison conditions?
         END TEXT.
    MCELDOWNEY

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