Prostitution in: Turkey

Turkey

Legal Situation:	Prostitution Status: Prostitution is legal, if performed in certain designated brothel areas. Prostitutes get regularly health checks. There have been contradicting reports that the Turkish government operates so-called "General Houses" where women can work off their debt or their prison sentences; soldiers get passes for these houses as payment. There is also illegal prostitution. The age of consent: unknown.
Finding Women:	Magazines with information: unknown. Newspaper/Phonebook Keywords: unknown
Travel Reports:	General Information Istanbul Mersin Reducing debt and prison sentences in "General Houses"