Article 71 of Child Rights Law

The following terms shall mean the following: 1 - Neglect: Failure by either of the child's parents or the person caring for the child to provide the child's basic needs in the areas of: health, education, emotional development, nutrition, housing, and safe living conditions (for reasons other than lack of resources), resulting in failure to provide appropriate supervision and protect the child from harm, and affecting the child's physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral development. Examples include: - Failure to provide preventive healthcare for the child (such as vaccinations). - Failure to obtain necessary medical care in a timely manner when the child is ill. - Failure to provide appropriate food or clothing. - Failure to provide a home environment safe from hazards. - Failure to enroll the child in school or irregular attendance there. - Failure to provide psychological and emotional support. 2 - Physical abuse: An assault on a child resulting in physical injury (which may result from hitting, shaking, kicking, biting, burning, strangling, or poisoning). The assailant may not intend to harm the child, but injury occurs because of the severity of the punishment or because of severe neglect. 3 - Psychological (emotional) abuse: Psychologically destructive conduct carried out by the person abusing the child, including: Rejection, isolation, intimidation, disregard, humiliation, restriction of the child's freedom, burdening the child with responsibilities exceeding the child's abilities, discrimination against the child, or any form of ill-treatment based on hatred and rejection that in turn causes harm to the child's physical, mental, emotional, moral, and social development. 4 - Sexual abuse: Exposing the child to any sexual activities or behaviors of adult practices by an adult person, including acts of a sexual nature by mouth, touching, embracing, or penetration of the genitals or any part of the body, or use of an instrument, or verbal harassment. It also includes exploiting the child for prostitution or the production of nude images, or exploiting the child for sexual purposes through modern means of communication such as the Internet. Law Index 368 Home Page Child Rights Law Law No. 21 of 2015 concerning Child Rights 5 - Psychotherapist: A specialist in practical theories who diagnoses cases suffering from various psychological disorders and develops treatment plans for them. 6 - Medical social and psychological specialist: A person holding an academic qualification in social work or psychology who has been academically and technically qualified at various universities, and who is professionally responsible for all medical social and psychological service operations within health and rehabilitation institutions. 7 - Child Protection Team: A team specialized in dealing with suspected cases arising from child maltreatment and taking the necessary measures to protect them. The team consists of pediatricians and internal medicine physicians, a nurse, a social specialist, a psychotherapist, and an officer from the General Department of Criminal Evidence affiliated with the Ministry of Interior.