Children rights and abuse of children in the world of politics

The concept 'child' has been perceived differently and has changed over the years. While a child was seen as a slave in and prior to the 18th century, it has become a more proper concept today and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in particular, has led to a more swift adoption of it by states. Child abuse has become more critical and while violence and its methods against children were unknown and ignored in the past, it is more exposed and spread by institutions created nowadays. Child abuse is defined by the World Health Organization as 'intentional or unintentional behaviors of an adult, society or a country that adversely affect the health and physical development of a child'. In this study, children's rights, the history of the convention, child abuse and its types have been examined. These countries have been examined according to the rate and types of abuse applied in them by looking at the causes and consequences of abuses. Protective and preventive policies, institutions and service models for the protection of children against all forms of violence in our country and around the world have been investigated. This study focuses on the basic reasons and solutions to child abuse in Turkey. Lack of education and poverty are the main reasons of child abuse in the country. To solve the issue of child abuse, the level of education should be increased and poverty should be eliminated. Education and programs aimed at protection and rehabilitation of children has been investigated at the end of this study and the results have been examined by looking at the objectives and activities of those programs. In this case, data provided by institutions such as UNICEF and UNESCO for the protection of child abuse has been used.