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Turkey
Oct 31, 2007 2:04:49 GMT -5
Post by admin on Oct 31, 2007 2:04:49 GMT -5
TURKEY Policy: Legalized prostitution means that state brothels exist in certain areas of each town. Prostitutes have to register, carry special identity cards, and undergo bi-weekly medical examinations.
Practice: Prostitution is very profitable for brothel owners; an Istanbul brothel owner has for the past three years been the city’s top taxpayer. But prostitutes’ lives are severely restricted; on top of which they are socially ostracized and therefore unable to find other work.
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