The crime of child's sexual abuse in Iraqi and Turkish egal systems

In Turkish and Iraqi criminal law, a child is a person who has not completed the age of eighteen, the legislator considers this age group to be completely immature. Therefore, it aims to protect the child from all forms of abuse, including sexual abuse. Protection of children against exploitation is not limited to national laws, but also includes international conventions and conferences on the protection of children against all forms of exploitation, including sexual exploitation. The Turkish legislator has regulated the crime of sexual abuse against children in article 103 of the Turkish Penal Code dated 2004 and numbered 5763 as a separate crime from the crime of sexual abuse against adults in article 102. The Iraqi legislator, on the other hand, regulated the provisions of the crime of sexual abuse within the scope of crimes against public morals and morals. These are included in Articles 393, 394, 396, 397, 399 of the Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969 and the Law No. 28 of Anti Trafficking of 2012.