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### Viewing cable 05ANKARA6554, TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16-

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05ANKARA6554 | 2005-11-02 11:09 | 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 10 ANKARA 006554

    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, October 16-
    31, 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 Hurriyet on Monday, October 17:

         TITLE:  Six Sex Slaves, Including a Pregnant Woman,
         Saved

         BEGIN TEXT:  Moldovan M.A. (26), who took refuge at the
         Antalya Police Department, claimed that Sedat Ugurkan
         (26) forced her and her two sisters into prostitution.
         She explained that she fled the house that they were
         kept in by tying a bed sheet to the balcony.

         The police raided the house and detained Sedat Ugurkan
         and saved O.F. (21), who is pregnant, and V.F. (19).

         M.A. said that she was kidnapped in Izmir and brought
         to Antalya.  She added that she was subject to torture
         with iron bars and forced into prostitution.

         O.F. said, "He sold us and also forced us to be with
         him.  When they realized that I was pregnant, they
         tried to sell me to other pimps for $3,000.  They
         decided not to buy me when they learned I was pregnant.
         So they replaced me with a woman from another house."

         In a raid on a second house, Ukrainian O.Y. (25) and
         N.D. (22) and Georgian N.O. were saved. Metin Marasli
         (43), Ramazan Celebi (46), Mehmet Turgut (44), Mehmet
         Kabadayi (34), Selim Coman (26) and Moldovan Nino
         Sarikaya were detained for forcing women into
         prostitution.  The gang members reportedly had a
         criminal record on mediating for prostitution and human
         trafficking.  END TEXT.

    ¶3.  Also reported by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17:

         TITLE:  Those who sleep with sex slaves are guilty of
         rape

         BEGIN TEXT:  Men in England who are with women who are
         either sex slaves or who have fallen in the hands of
         prostitution gangs can be charged with rape.  Ministry
         of the Interior Tony McNulty told the Observer, "Even a
         man without intention who has sex with such women are
         guilty of rape."  McNulty continued, "For example, a
         woman who tells her customer that she is being forced
         to prostitute and that customer having paid for the
         services, without argument, is guilty of rape."  The
         Observer noted that the Minister's words do not imply a
         change to the law, but rather there will be new
         applications of the law.  END TEXT.

    ¶4.  Published by Vatan on Tuesday, October 18:

         TITLE:  Pimp Priest gets 2.5 years in prison

         BEGIN TEXT:  A 42-year-old priest assigned to Midilli
         Island in Greece was found guilty of pimping and given
         a sentence of 2.5 years and a fine of 2,000 Euros.  The
         priest, in response to the charges of pimping a 28-year-
         old Russian woman and a 22-year-old Polish woman, said,
         "I really felt sorry for these women because they were
         not getting paid for sleeping with men.  I was giving
         the money I collected from customers to them.  The
         allegations are slanderous."  It was noted that
         relations with the military were good due to the fact
         that the priest and the two pimped women went to the
         barracks together.  The priest's attorney, in defense
         of his client, stated, "Everyone who lives here has
         slept with these two women."  The principal of the
         regional high school was seen at the arraignment to
         show his support for the priest.  END TEXT.

    ¶5.  Published the The Miami Herald (www.miami.com) on
    Tuesday, October 18:

         TITLE:  Azerbaijan asks Dade how to fight slavery

         BEGIN TEXT:  With the threat of financial aid from the
         United States being cut off, beset by public corruption
         and plagued by sex slave trafficking, the former Soviet
         republic of Azerbaijan needs help.

         It found some this week in Miami.

         On Monday, a group of prosecutors from Azerbaijan met
         with their counterparts at the Miami-Dade state
         attorney's office to learn how American prosecutors
         handle sex crimes and help victims cope with the
         trauma.

         "Anytime we can assist prosecutors around the world
         helping victims of sexual abuse get justice, it's in
         the interest of our office," said Assistant State
         Attorney Joshua Weintraub, head of the sexual battery
         division.

         The problems plaguing Azerbaijan are not uncommon to
         former Soviet republics.

         Tucked next to the Caspian Sea between Russia and Iran,
         Azerbaijan has become a hub for trafficking in human
         cargo:  Women and children are sold as sex slaves to
         countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan
         and Turkey.

         The U.S. State Department has called the country's
         efforts to prosecute traffickers "anaemic."  In 2004,
         only 106 trafficking-related investigations were
         reported, of which only 10 resulted in convictions -
         down from the previous year.

         In terms of monetary aid, the State Department lists
         Azerbaijan on its "Tier 2 watch list."  Tier 3
         countries, such as Cuba, get no humanitarian aid from
         the United States.

         But progress is slowly being made, officials say.

         Last year, the government outlined a national plan to
         battle corruption and crime.  This year, an
         anticorruption law was passed, and antitrafficking
         legislation is being drafted.

         "We have the political will to create very effective
         legislation to fight these types of crimes," Bahruz
         Mahmudov, the head of human resources for the
         Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office, said after
         presenting a keepsake rug to Miami-Dade prosecutors as
         a show of thanks.

         Intertwined in that battle against human trafficking is
         the prosecution of sexual abuse cases, which in many
         developing countries often go unreported because of
         apathy and cultural stigmas.

         The idea to visit with the prosecutors sprang from Beth
         Sreenan, a legal advisor at the U.S. Embassy in
         Azerbaijan who once was a prosecutor in Miami.

         On Monday, the visitors sat down with 10 prosecutors,
         attorneys from the American Bar Association and several
         representatives from nongovernmental agencies, such as
         the Azerbaijan Association of Young Leaders, which play
         a crucial role in advocating change in the former
         republic.

         Miami-Dade prosecutors explained how they meet with
         victims of sexual assaults, interview suspects and
         gather important forensic evidence.

         They also talked about coordinating counseling for
         victims and using task force methods to involve other
         agencies in the cases.

         "In Azerbaijan, we do not have the shelters.  We do not
         have the hot lines," Sreenan said.  "What we are trying
         to do is develop the institutional cooperation at all
         levels and a larger level of trust between the NGOs and
         the government."  END TEXT.

    ¶6.  Published by Tempo Magazine on Tuesday, October 18:

         TITLE:  Slave Market

         BEGIN TEXT:  Date:  October 11, 2005.  Place:
         Umraniye, one of the modern shanty-towns of Istanbul.
         We are in a first-floor office on the busiest street of
         this sub-province.  On its sign it says that they find
         nannies, employees without children to work at villas,
         and nurses.  We are in the single-room office of a
         consulting company.

         The owner of the company wears a suit and he is middle-
         aged.  He did not want to talk to a tape recorder
         because of security reasons, but he talked when I
         turned off the recorder.
         "There is slave market in Istanbul that is carried out
         under the guise of a consultation company.  I listen to
         the foreign women who come here for work.  There are
         Ukrainian, Uzbek and Bulgarians who are raped and
         beaten.  I also know women who are taken from such
         companies and sold for prostitution."

         When I asked for an address or a contact person, he
         refused to share this with a journalist because he was
         afraid.  The only result that I had was that I was on
         the right path.  I found myself in hot pursuit.

         The information was that some consultation companies,
         which were established under the guise of finding
         nannies, nurses and servants, created an almost slave
         market.  Women are being rented from one company to
         another without any guarantees or protection.

         On the second day, I am again in Umraniye.  I head down
         a street right across from a modern and luxurious
         residential area.  I had called the company the day
         before and told them that I was looking for a foreign
         nanny.  We set up an appointment for the next day.

         When I walked into the building, I noticed the
         humidity.  I noticed a few women inside who looked
         foreign.  I asked for the owner, with whom I had talked
         to on the phone.  He came and we shook hands.  He
         invited me to his office.  M.B. did not have a sign on
         the door indicating that he had a company there.  He
         knew only my name, and without checking out who I was
         and not asking who recommended me, acted eager to reach
         a deal in this slave market.  If I paid the money, I
         could take a woman out right that moment.  There is no
         contract or agreement.  Where do I take her?  To whom
         do I take her?  Am I going to hurt her?  There is no
         answer to any of these questions.  At least it is not
         important for the company owner.

         I could immediately take away a Bulgarian woman if I
         paid the $350 monthly salary and the 60 million TL
         leave expense, as well as the 70 percent commission to
         the company.  But my purpose was to collect
         information.  I kept bombarding him with questions that
         a regular client would not think of asking.  M.B.
         responded, "I currently have one woman.  There are
         those who will arrive in three to four days.  They
         arrive by boat.  But I do not know today how old they
         are and what their specialties are.  I have a woman
         broker.  She brings them."

         M.B.:  You will pay 350 USD monthly and pocket money
         for her expenses on her days off.  This is the lowest
         price.  We get 15 million TL per week for the day off.
         They take one day off each week.  They leave in the
         morning and come back in the evening.  This is the
         monthly salary.  For example, Bulgarians have to exit
         every three months.  We have women from 25 to 55 years
         of age.  I work mostly with Bulgarians and Uzbeks.

         Q:  How much do I pay you?

         M.B.:  We charge a 70 percent commission.  For example,
         if you are not pleased with her, we immediately replace
         her.

         Q:  Would I be in a difficult position legally?  It is
         legally wrong?

         M.B.:  Legally speaking, they do not have work permits.
         In short, it is illegal.  But there are a lot of such
         foreign women who are working.  Everybody works like
         this.  Yes, they are illegal, but then there are many
         workers in Turkey who are not enjoying social security.

         Q:  Do you pay tax?
         M.B.:  Companies have to obtain permission to employ
         foreigners.  So they work illegally, without
         permission.

         Q:  Are we going to enter into a contract?
         M.B.  We do not need to sign a contract because there
         is no legal aspect to it.  If you like, I can give you
         a receipt confirming that you made a payment for
         consultation.

         Q:  If I talked to a young woman, what would be her
         price?

         M.B.:  Young ones will not go for less than 500-600
         USD.

         Q:  If the woman steals something and runs away, what
         would I do?

         M.B.:  We keep the passports of these women.  Trust is
         very important and we guarantee the work.  This has
         happened to some of our clients in the past.  In order
         to prevent this, we keep their passports.

         Q:  For how long have you been involved in this
         business?

         M.B.:  I have been doing this for seven months, but I
         came a long way.  I sent two people to Cyprus last week
         to the house of a mother of a famous artist.

         Q:  How do women come to you?  Is the Mafia involved?

         M.B.:  Foreigners come here and spend some money.  They
         pay a commission to those who bring them here.  For
         example, a woman brings them to me.  In other words,
         the Mafia is not involved.  If they individually wanted
         to come, they would not be able to.  Where would they
         go?  They do not know where to go.  But certainly there
         are those who are involved in other businesses under
         the guise of consultation.

         I was encouraged with this chat that I had in the
         consultation company.  Look what is being experienced
         in Istanbul:  a slave market.  As I delved deeper, I
         noticed that these consultation companies were all over
         town, from Kadikoy to Bostanci, Bakirkoy to Sisli, and
         Besiktas to Umraniye.  They established a slave market
         under the guide of human resources.

         On the third day, I called one company on the
         recommendation of another.  When I told them that I
         wanted to interview them and the foreign nannies as a
         "Tempo" reporter, I got the same response, "Hold on for
         a minute," but I could not manage to talk to the
         bosses.  I was not given appointments either.  Some of
         them claimed, "We do not employ foreigners."  So the
         only remaining method was to pretend to be a client.

         This time my appointment is in Sirkeci.  I am facing a
         broker who rents women either to clients or to such
         companies.  He gave me an appointment at a hotel that
         he owns.  It is on one of the side streets on the
         Sultanahmet-Sirkeci tramline.  I was surprised when I
         saw the hotel.  This four-story hotel was in very bad
         shape.  Inside looked like those in the old Turkish
         movies where peasants coming to a big city go.  In the
         lobby there were five rows of very dirty armchairs.
         There was an old television.  I saw the person that I
         talked to on the phone.  He was in his 60s and spoke
         with an East (Kurdish) accent and one of his feet was
         on the coffee table in front of him.

         His phones rang constantly.  His conversations proved
         that I was at the right address.  Haggling over prices
         . A new Georgian women's group . Problems with one
         woman.  Finally it is my turn.  The 30-35 year-old-
         looking man next to him is his son.  He did not even
         raise his head from the paper he was reading.  The
         father immediately asked, "How did you find me?  Who
         gave you a reference?"  I responded in general terms,
         "A friend of mine recommended you."  He did not look
         satisfied.  He asked me what type of service I needed
         and how much I was willing to pay.  He told me that he
         had women from Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan and
         Bulgaria.  Indeed, women who are waiting for clients
         stay at his hotel.  This hotel owner in Sirkeci is
         involved in an illegal business, without establishing a
         legitimate company and without paying tax.

         He asked for one billion TL per month for a young
         woman.  He said he would take 60 percent and the woman
         40 percent.  But he also said he would personally
         deliver the woman.  He decided to use such a method
         after some incidents.  A client who employed her as a
         servant made indecent proposals and the woman
         complained to him about the client.  They immediately
         took away the Ukrainian woman from that man.

         As we were speaking, his son said, "If you are pleased
         and if the woman is happy, then there is no problem.
         It is between the two of you."  He noted that he could
         show me a woman right away, but that 2-3 days later a
         new group would be coming and that I would have a
         better selection.  He added, "I wanted to meet you
         personally because I cannot make such arrangements
         immediately following the first encounter."  I told him
         I would come back after the new group arrives.  He
         asked for a phone number to call me.  I told him that I
         would call him and left.

         The slave market works like this:  women from the
         Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria and Moldova are sent to
         Turkey by brokers who have contacts here.  These women
         first pay a commission to the brokers.  Later the
         brokers in Turkey meet with them.  They rent these
         women and keep their passports.  Women are sent to
         houses to work, as if they are the property of these
         brokers or consultation companies.  Nothing is legal in
         this business.  Neither do the women have work permits,
         nor do they have any social security.  They do not pay
         taxes either.

         Following my three-day research, I see the inhuman
         implementations.  In some of those consultation
         companies, there are rooms for these women.  They live
         all together in these single rooms until the clients
         leave.  Some women are covered in bruises, and others
         are dirty.  A client walks into those rooms and picks
         one.  I could not get permission, as a "Tempo" writer,
         to take pictures of these rooms.

         Certainly working women and men do need to have
         domestic help, and there are those companies which are
         involved in legal work.  One of the legal businesswomen
         is Gulseren Aktuna, who told us how the slave market
         operates in Istanbul.

         Aktuna, who is the owner of such a company, said,
         "There is almost a slave market established.  The
         number of those who are exploiting this profession are
         more than those that work legally.  It is time to say
         `Stop' to this."

         Nietzsche, who was an enemy of women, used to say, "If
         you are going to be with a woman, do not forget your
         whip," and "Men who would receive lessons on war and
         women should entertain men."  Hegel had comments on
         slavery.  In the Istanbul of the 21st century, there is
         a slave market.  There is fear.  Neither the battered
         women speak, nor do those with a conscience and who do
         not approve of what is going on.  But still a woman
         spoke to "Tempo" and gives the entire picture.  Aktuna
         said, "There are consultation companies that are
         involved in prostitution in some of the villas in
         Zekeriyakoy."

         Interview with Gulseren Aktuna, owner of a consultation
         company.  There are women who are tortured and raped.
         There is a very ugly market established in Turkey for
         this.  For example:  Laleli.  There is almost a human
         market there.  Women coming from Ukraine, Moldova,
         Azerbaijan and other Turkic Republics and who speak
         some Turkish are brought here and a slave market is
         created.  They are exposing people.  People go there
         and pick one and take her home for household help.  But
         it is not clear where these women go.  There are women
         who go to houses where they are tortured and raped.
         There is no responsibility taken by the broker.  He
         disappears after he takes the money.  On the other
         hand, people who genuinely look for household help,
         too, go to these markets.  But there are those who are
         subject to harassment or theft by those who come into
         the house.

         When you look at such companies, you can see that
         companies who are exploiting this business are more
         than those who do regular work.  There are those who
         are involved in prostitution in villas in Zekeriyakoy
         under the guise of a consultation company.  But then
         there are very serious institutions that have been
         involved in serious work.  There are those who employ
         people from Bulgaria and Moldova with no ties to their
         countries, and such companies broker for them.  The
         consultation company must also provide social security.
         If the employing family covers those charges, the price
         goes up further.

         These women are in the position of illegal workers.
         There is nothing legal about it.  Such companies must
         be paying their tax differently.

         In the past we had our mothers and neighbors take care
         of our children.  Now the young people look for people
         who have a good education and who can take care of
         their children.  We all work.  People have only Sunday
         off and should they spare that day to clean the house?
         Others employ a person who can look after their
         children around the clock.

         In general, we give our employees to people with a
         certain economic background.  It is not easy to employ
         a person.  In the slave market, people work for 200-300
         USD or 350 million TL.  Our company charges 500-600
         million TL for an untrained employee.  For babies, we
         employ a person for a few months before the baby is
         born and she is responsible for the baby until it is
         one and half years old.  Her rate is 1500-2000 YTL.
         The price changes for twins.  The only work the nanny
         does is with the baby - nothing else.  But they have
         training and experience in this field.  This section
         has good sides and wrongs sides as well.  END TEXT.

    ¶7.  Published by The Turkish Daily News on Wednesday,
    October 19:

         TITLE:  Police recover babies sold to childless couples

         BEGIN TEXT:  French investigators of human trafficking
         have recovered five babies allegedly sold for 5,000
         euros-6,000 euros (5,970-7,160 USD) by their mothers to
         couples without children, police said.  Police said the
         babies, aged about 1, were in good health and had not
         been mistreated.  Several couples were in custody.
         Investigators from a police office against human
         trafficking recovered the infants in sweeps on Tuesday
         in the Paris region and in Brittany in northwest
         France.  END TEXT.

    ¶8.  Published by TurkishPress.com on Wednesday, October 19:

         TITLE:  Turkish Police Arrest 557 Illegal Migrants in
         Istanbul

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkish police arrested 557 illegal
         migrants who entered Turkey illegally, in their
         operations in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul in the
         last week, sources said on Friday.

         Sources told an A.A. correspondent that the majority of
         the detainees were of Pakistani origin.
         According to these sources, the illegal migrants wanted
         to sneak into European countries via Turkey, and paid
         3,000-8,000 USD per person to those who aided and
         abetted them.
         Police had been searching for five people in connection
         with human trafficking, said the same sources.

         They added that the illegal migrants would be deported
         after legal proceedings. END TEXT.
    ¶9.  Published by Minsk Belapan on Wednesday, October 19:

         TITLE:  Belarusian Police Arrest Suspected Human
         Trafficker

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  Criminal proceedings have
         been launched against a 28-year-old female resident of
         Kobryn [Brest Region] who is suspected of human
         trafficking.

         The department of information and public relations of
         the Brest regional police directorate told Belapan that
         the criminal case was launched under Article 181 Part 2
         of the Penal Code (trafficking in people) on 18
         October.  The proceedings were instituted on the basis
         of material received from the regional police
         directorate's department for combating illicit drug
         trafficking and vice-related crimes.  The district
         centre resident is suspected of trafficking a 23-year-
         old female resident of Brest to Turkey and selling her
         to an unidentified individual for 500 dollars for
         sexual exploitation in November 2003.

         Police officers in the Brest Region closed off 13
         channels for trafficking women abroad for sexual
         exploitation [in January-September 2005].  END FBIS
         TRANSLATED TEXT.

    ¶10.  Reported by UzReport.com on Tuesday, October 25:

         TITLE:  Conference Addresses Human Trafficking Issues

         BEGIN TEXT:  A two-day conference entitled "Combating
         trafficking in persons" opened in Tashkent on 25
         October.

         The Istiqbolli Avlod Youth-Information Center, in
         cooperation with the Interior Ministry of Uzbekistan,
         organized the event.  Istiqbolli directs its activity
         to fight human trafficking and inform people about it.

         Representatives of the Uzbek government and
         international organizations, as well as neighboring
         countries and Russia, are participating in the event.

         Nadira Karimov, regional coordinator of the project
         "Prevention of Human Trafficking" of the International
         Office for Migration said that 562 cases of illegal
         recruitment of people to work abroad were registered in
         Tashkent and 302 in Samarkand.  She said that 1,465
         cases of human trafficking were registered in
         Uzbekistan last year.  The main destination countries
         for human trafficking are Israel, the UAE, Turkey,
         Russia, Kazakhstan and Thailand.

         Ilkhom Abdulhuseynov, head of the consulate department
         of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, said that recently there
         have been cases where Uzbek citizens obtained passports
         of neighboring countries and put themselves in
         difficult situations when they lost their passports
         abroad.  He said that the Uzbek consulate issued
         certificates to allow Uzbek citizens to return home.
         END TEXT.

    ¶11.  Published by newKerala.com on Wednesday, October 26:

         TITLE:  Illegal Asian immigrants seek asylum in Kosovo

         BEGIN TEXT:  Pristina:  A group of illegal immigrants
         from Asian countries have sought asylum in Kosovo after
         they were detained by the airport police here.
         "Of the 13 immigrants, ten are from Bangladesh, two
         from Pakistan and one from India," said Helvise Gallet,
         protection officer of the United Nations High
         Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
         They have not been interviewed yet because UNHCR was so
         far unable to find translators, Gallet said.  The
         immigrants arrived on a flight from Istanbul.

         It was the second group of asylum seekers within 10
         days to arrive in Kosovo from Turkey.

         Six Bangladeshis detained earlier this month are still
         waiting for the UN mission in Kosovo to decide their
         fate, with deportation to Turkey remaining a
         possibility.

         With its porous borders, Kosovo, administered by the UN
         for the last six years, has become a Balkan hub for
         international human trafficking.

         In August, UN police arrested three Pakistani police
         officers under suspicion of involvement in the
         lucrative business of transferring immigrants from
         Kosovo into Serbia and Montenegro.  They were later
         released due to lack of evidence.  END TEXT.

    ¶12.  Published by Regnum News Agency (Moscow) on Wednesday,
    October 26 and the Kazakh information agency (Kazinform) on
    Thursday, October 27:

         TITLE:  About 1,500 cases of human trafficking spotted
         in Uzbekistan last year

         BEGIN TEXT:  According to Nadira Karimova, coordinator
         of the "Counteraction to human trafficking in Central
         Asia and Uzbekistan" project, since the beginning of
         2005 there have been 1465 cases of human trafficking
         reported, as a Regnum correspondent reports from
         "Counteraction to human trafficking" conference, which
         ended on October 26 in Tashkent.

         Karimova said that only in Tashkent and Samarkand
         (Uzbekistan's two largest cities), 762 cases of illegal
         recruiting of people to work abroad have been
         identified.  Mostly Uzbekistani citizens go illegally
         to Israel, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates,
         "and we must remember it when granting visas to the so-
         called `tourist groups' heading towards these
         countries," stressed Karimova.

         The head of the Uzbekistani ministry of foreign affairs
         consulate department Ilham Abdulkhuseinov stated that
         there was an increase of cases, when Uzbekistani
         citizens leave the country with passports of
         neighboring states that they received illegally.  "And
         such workers are ideal for all employers because they
         are absolutely deprived of civil rights," said
         Abdulkhuseinov.

         The "Counteraction to human trafficking in Central Asia
         and Uzbekistan" project has been created to help such
         people come back to their home countries, providing
         psychological, legal and medical help.

         The founders of the project are "Istikbolly avlod"
         Youth Information Center and the Interior Ministry of
         Uzbekistan.

         Representatives of various ministries, state
         prosecution, women's committees of Uzbekistan,
         Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia and foreign
         foundations participated in the conference.  END TEXT.

    ¶13.  Published by Aksam on Friday, October 28:

         TITLE:  I was sold for 1300 dollars

         BEGIN TEXT:  Kidnapped Russian tour guide Glena
         Turovlena said, "I was taken to a villa in Izmir and
         found out that I was sold for 1300 dollars.  When they
         heard that my father is a colonel in the Russian Army,
         they let me go."

         The Russian guide, who was allegedly kidnapped by
         people dressed as policemen three days ago in Antalya,
         was liberated.
         Glena Turovlena (22) claimed that she was sold to a
         trafficker in Izmir and recounted her horrible days to
         Aksam.

         Turovlena noted that she had lived through horrible
         hours during the kidnapping and added, "On the day of
         the incident, we were working on a transfer (airport).
         A car stopped.  Two policemen came down and showed
         their IDs.  Later they asked for my ID and invited me
         to the police station.  I informed my friend about the
         situation and got into the car (of the so-called
         policemen).  When my friend called the police and
         noticed that the policeman was not aware of the
         incident, she called me.  When I told them that the
         policeman was not informed, they took away my phone and
         then I realized that I had been kidnapped."

         She noted that her kidnappers were driving towards
         Alanya.  "They took me and three other girls to a villa
         where I learned that we had been sold for 1300 USD
         each.  When I told them that I was involved in tourism
         and that my father was a colonel in the Russian army,
         they were intimidated.  They told me that they would
         release me.  Later they put a bus ticket in my pocket
         along with a five million lira bill.  They put me on
         the Antalya bus and told me that I should not tell
         anyone what happened," she said.

         As soon as she arrived in Antalya, she went to the
         police to testify.  The police are now searching for a
         person known as "Scorpio."

         Caption under photo:  Yevgenya Koroglu, who shares a
         home with the young Russian woman, said, "I am very
         glad to see my friend.  This incident was a lesson for
         us.  We will be more cautious from now on."  END TEXT.

    ¶14.  Published by Sabah on Monday, October 31:

         TITLE:  198 women saved with one phone call

         BEGIN TEXT:  The 157 hotline, set up to serve women
         brought to Turkey from abroad with great expectations,
         but who find themselves as victims, has been
         operational since May.  Selin Unal, Project Assistant
         for IOM, said that mostly women brought to Turkey from
         Ukraine, Moldova and Russia call this line.  Unal said,
         "Twenty-six percent of those who call the 157 hotline
         and give information are the victims themselves;
         seventy-four percent are either a friend or a client of
         the victim."

         She went on, "Women who are forced into prostitution
         are so frightened and scared to call us."  She
         summarized their (the hotline's) duty as, "Our mission
         is to serve as a bridge between law enforcement and
         victims."

         Unal noted that they have been working with experts who
         speak five languages and that for those who call 157
         and get saved are sent to a shelter.  She noted,
         "Currently there is a shelter in Istanbul in connection
         with the fight against human trafficking.  A second
         shelter will soon be operational in Ankara."

         A Moldovan who received help from the 157 hotline, but
         who wanted to remain anonymous, told of her experience
         and liberation as "My country was in an economic
         hardship.  A friend told me that I would earn good
         money if I served as a dancer in Turkey.  He arranged
         my plane ticket and passport.  But those who greeted me
         in Antalya took away my passport and told me that I was
         brought to serve as a prostitute.  They said that I did
         not have an alternative and that if I objected I would
         be killed.  I called an NGO in Moldova at the first
         opportunity.  They asked me to call the 157 hotline in
         Turkey.  I called 157 and told the operator about my
         situation and location.  The Antalya police saved me
         from the hotel."
         TITLE:  From ages 19-25.

         Selin Unal, Project Assistant for the International
         Office for Migration said that the average age of women
         brought to Turkey is from 19 to 25.  Twenty-six percent
         of the calls to 157 are from victims and 74 percent are
         from friends or customers of victims.  END TEXT.

    ¶15.  Published in Aksam on Monday, October 31:

         TITLE:  Girl runs away from orphanage and is dragged
         into prostitution

         BEGIN TEXT:  16-year-old N.G., who ran away from the
         orphanage in Gaziantep's Nizip district, was caught
         practicing prostitution in a minibus with two other
         women.  The girl was conned into escaping for the
         orphanage with a promise of marriage and fell into the
         hands of a prostitution ring.  It was discovered that
         N.G. was forced into prostitution.  "My friend D's step
         mother, Z.T., was going to marry me off to 21-year-old
         I.G.  She promised me.  I believed it and escaped from
         the orphanage.  I understood later that she lied to me.
         When I resisted, I was beaten up and threatened with my
         life.  Because I was afraid, I did what she wanted,"
         N.G. said in her statement to police.

         As a result of N.G.'s statement, step-mother Z.T. and
         her imam nikahli spouse (a marriage sanctioned by an
         imam, but not by the government) M.T. were arrested.
         Mehmet Merkepcioglu, Director of the Kilis Social
         Services, said that he notified police when N.G. ran
         away from the orphanage.  END TEXT.

    MCELDOWNEY

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