Ad­op­tion of for­eign chil­dren in Türki­ye

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Müjgan Elif Kaplan ex­plores the con­di­tions, pro­ced­ures and legal con­sequences of ad­opt­ing for­eign chil­dren in Türki­ye under Turk­ish le­gis­la­tion and in­ter­na­tion­al con­ven­tions, in­clud­ing the 1993 Hague Con­ven­tion. She con­siders legal norms along­side prac­tic­al prob­lems and pro­posed solu­tions, fram­ing the sub­ject through mi­gra­tion and the need to pro­tect refugee chil­dren.

The book dis­tin­guishes the legal status of chil­dren who need pro­tec­tion from that of chil­dren who do not, and ad­dresses the pro­tec­tion of un­ac­com­pan­ied chil­dren. Its scope also covers re­cog­ni­tion of ad­op­tion de­cisions, public policy and the con­sequences of ad­op­tion for par­ent­age, na­tion­al­ity, in­her­it­ance and main­ten­ance.