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Prostitution in Turkey
Prostitution in Turkey is legal and regulated. The secularization of Turkish society allowed prostitution to achieve legal status during the early 20th century. State-run brothels, known as "general houses" (genelevler), receive permits from the government. The regulatory agencies also issue identity cards to sex workers that give them rights to some free medical care and other social services. However, many local governments now have a policy of not issuing new registrations, and in some cities, such as Ankara and Bursa, brothels have been demolished by court order. In 2012, it was estimated there are 100,000 unliscenced prostitutes in Turkey, half of whom are foreign born. By the early 1900s, the approximated number of registered prostitutes in Istanbul was 2,000. Within this population, a study done in 1919–1920 concluded that sixty percent of these women were non-Muslim and forty percent were Muslim; however, these numbers did not account for the prostitutes who were working illegally...
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