On child abuse in Turkey

Beatings and insults were recently documented as happening in the classroom of a school in Istanbul's Ümraniye district. 

The "teacher" was beating and insulting small children because they were "unsuccessful" in class. 
The beatings were recorded with a mobile phone in class and the footage instantly went viral on social media. An investigation was launched against the "teacher." He went on the run but later surrendered to police. 

"I accept the offence. I am sorry. I regret. I had quarreled with some parents that day. My morale was down," the abusive teacher said in his defense.

This so-called teacher, who swears and hits children, was freed because it is impossible to arrest someone who committed a criminal offence with an upper jail term of two years. So he is now roaming freely.
Good for us. And good for our system. We really do genuinely love our children…

Protecting the abuser 

In the Türkoğlu district of the eastern province of Kahramanmaraş, a 70-year-old pervert identified by the initials H.B., who has a record of abusing many children, recently raped an 8-year-old girl. The child told her family that she was raped in a derelict building after the 70-year-old rapist forcefully took her. He was caught, arrested for three months, appeared in court, and was later freed. 

When the 8-year-old child learned that the abuser was freed, she tried to commit suicide by taking all the pills she had found at home. She was rescued at the last minute.  

This is not a rare case. A 73-year-old abuser in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ sexually abused a 12-year-old girl. He was released on parole with the justification citing "our country's intense and urgent issues." It added that ...