Human Trafficking Crime in the Turkish Penal Code

Today, many people want to move and settle in countries where they believe they will live in better conditions socially, politically and economically due to reasons such as political, social and economic problems, differences in quality of life, civil wars and turmoil, oppressive policies implemented by governments and geographical disadvantages. A segment of these people, the majority of whom are women and children, are deceived or forcibly abducted by the perpetrators of human trafficking and forced to work, serve, beg, be illegally adopted, forced into early and forced marriage, forced to join the military, made members of organized crime, exploited for prostitution or sexual purposes, and their organs and tissues are exploited, and they are subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. In order to prevent these situations, countries include the crime of "human trafficking" in their legislation. This study aims to identify the deficiencies and problems related to the crime of human trafficking regulated in Article 80 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and to offer solution suggestions. In this context, basic concepts related to crime and international documents on this subject were evaluated, the crime was examined by separating it into its elements, the problems identified in the organization and implementation of the crime were stated and solution suggestions were presented.