Özet:

The concept of development is used to express wealth through economic indicators. But in advanced periods, the improvements in economic indicators have not been reflected in the general population. However, it is understood that this concept does not reduce poverty, rather than that the injustice on income distribution increases poverty. On these developments, since the late 1970s, development policies and understanding have been focused on "man" and "environment". On the other hand, the rights seeking started in the field of children’s rights has moved the children to the center of new development policies. This research aims to identify how and how children are considered in the development policies of Turkey. The data is collected from the quality research methods through the document analysis method and interpreted by content analysis. The study, by establishing the relationship between development and child/child rights, which is not much mentioned in development literature, takes importance on development policies in terms of questioning the rights of the child/child. The study has shown that children/children rights issues are not sufficiently included in the development policies in Turkey.

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