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Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Turkey with European human rights mechanisms. Search CRIN's ratifications table to find regional instruments to which Turkey is a party. European Court of Human Rights Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/WCD/simpleSearch_en.asp). You can find summaries of decisions of the Court relevant to children here. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on Turkey and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/turkey_en.pdf The case law database of the European Committee of Social Rights can be accessed here