Abstract:

The objective of this study is to reveal child neglect and child abuse that constitutes significant dynamics of social policy concept and that becomes concrete with the conceptual framework of child brides and to find solutions for this problem. The conceptualization of child bride converts into a sort of trauma rather than a reality. Particularly, a range of reasons such as lack of education, wrong attitudes concerning the needs of protection of the women, strict and unchangeable traditional rules, general implementations of different regions, and the deficiency of the reflection of legal rules on the practical life bring about the continuity of the child brides in Turkey. Therefore, the study consists of three parts. In the first part of the study, the concepts of child neglect and abuse was revealed thoroughly. As for the second part, cause and effects of early marriage were exposed to a theoretical analysis. In the last part of the study, statistical data sets that shed light on the reality of child brides in Turkey were given, and depending upon that several deductions were made. As a result of the study, it was found out that the reality of child brides is the concrete form of child neglect and abuse.

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