Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Nursing Sciences

.: ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Çocukların ve Ebeveynlerin Çocuk Cinsel İstismarı Hakkındaki Bilgi ve Tutumları: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma
Parents' and Children's Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Child Sexual Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study
Vildan APAYDIN CIRIKa, Uğur GÜLb, Bahar AKSOYc
aKaramanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ebelik Bölümü, Karaman, Türkiye
bAkdeniz Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı Hemşireliği ABD, Antalya, Türkiye
cGümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı Hemşireliği Bölümü, Gümüşhane, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2022;14(2):321-31
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2021-85187
Article Language: TR
Full Text
ÖZET
 Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, çocukların ve ebeveynlerin çocuk cinsel istismarı hakkındaki bilgi ve tutum düzeylerini incelemek ve potansiyel risk faktörlerini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türdeki bu araştırma, Şubat-Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında 3 ilköğretim okulunda eğitim-öğrenim gören, 8-11 yaş aralığında çocuk (n=255) ve ebeveynleri (n=255) ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin toplanmasında, 'Ebeveyn ve Çocuk Sosyodemografik Bilgi Formu, Ebeveynler İçin Çocuk Cinsel İstismarı Bilgi/Tutum Ölçeği ve Çocuk Cinsel İstismarı Bilgi Formu' kullanılmıştır. Veriler, SPSS 24 programında 'sayı, ortalama, yüzde, bağımsız örneklem t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA)' testleri kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Ebeveynlerin Çocuk Cinsel İstismarı Bilgi/Tutum Ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 137,66±18,40 idi. Ebeveynlerin ölçekten aldıkları puan ile eğitim düzeyleri (p=0,034), çocuk cinsel istismarı hakkında önceden bilgi alma durumları (p=0,023) ve çocuğuna cinsel istismar hakkında eğitim verme durumları (p=0,000) arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark saptanmıştır. Bu araştırmada, ebeveynlerin %55,9'u çocuğuna cinsel istismarı eğitimi vermelerinin çocuklarının kafalarını karıştırmaktan korktuğunu ifade etmiştir. Çocukların %36,9'u iyi-kötü dokunmayı bilmediğini belirtmiştir. Çocuklar haberlerde çocuk cinsel istismar ile karşılaştıkları zaman; %46,6'sı korktuğunu ve %23,3'ü kötü bir duygu olduğunu ifade etmiştir. Sonuç: Ebeveynlerin çocuk cinsel istismarı bilgi/tutumlarının orta düzeyinin altında olduğu, çocukların ise yaklaşık yarısının iyi kötü dokunmayı bilmediği ve cinsel istismardan korktuğu belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Cinsel istismar; çocuk; ebeveyn
ABSTRACT
 Objective: This paper investigated parents' and children's knowledge of and attitudes towards child sexual abuse and identified potential risk factors. Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted between February and June 2021. The sample consisted of parents (n=255) and their children (n=255) aged 8-11 studying at three primary schools. Data were collected using a Parent and Child Sociodemographic Information Form, the Child Sexual Abuse Knowledge/Attitude Scale for Parents, and the Child Sexual Abuse Information Form. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24 program 'number, mean, percent, independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)' tests. Results: Parents had a mean Child Sexual Abuse Knowledge/Attitude Scale for Parents score of 137.66±18.40. There was a significant difference between Child Sexual Abuse Knowledge/Attitude Scale for Parents scores and education (p=0.034), prior knowledge of child sexual abuse (p=0.023), and education on sexual abuse to their children (p=0.000). More than half the parents (55.9%) stated that they were scared about giving their children education on sexual abuse because they thought it might confuse them. More than a quarter of the children (36.9%) reported not knowing appropriate and inappropriate touch. News on child sexual abuse scared (46.6%) or made children feel bad (23.3%). Conclusion: Parents had a below-average knowledge of and attitudes towards child sexual abuse. Almost half the children did not know about appropriate and inappropriate touch and were afraid of sexual abuse

Keywords: Sexual abuse; child; parents
REFERENCES:
  1. Mathews B, Pacella R, Dunne MP, Simunovic M, Marston C. Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies. PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0227884. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC] 
  2. World Health Organization [İnternet]. © 2021 WHO [Erişim tarihi: 16 Mayıs 2021]. Child maltreatment. Erişim linki: [Link] 
  3. Mohammadi MR, Zarafshan H, Khaleghi A. Child abuse in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Iran J Psychiatry. 2014;9(3): 118-24. [PubMed]  [PMC] 
  4. Choudhry V, Dayal R, Pillai D, Kalokhe AS, Beier K, Patel V. Child sexual abuse in India: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2018;13(10): e0205086. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC] 
  5. Tanaka M, Suzuki YE, Aoyama I, Takaoka K, MacMillan HL. Child sexual abuse in Japan: A systematic review and future directions. Child Abuse Negl. 2017;66:31-40. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  6. Karayianni E, Fanti KA, Diakidoy IA, Hadjicharalambous MZ, Katsimicha E. Prevalence, contexts, and correlates of child sexual abuse in Cyprus. Child Abuse Negl. 2017; 66:41-52. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  7. Stoltenborgh M, van Ijzendoorn MH, Euser EM, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ. A global perspective on child sexual abuse: meta-analysis of prevalence around the world. Child Maltreat. 2011; 16(2):79-101. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  8. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu [İnternet]. [Erişim tarihi: 20 Haziran 2021]. Güvenlik Birimine Gelen veya Getirilen Çocuk İstatistikleri, 2015-2019. 2020. Erişim linki: [Link] 
  9. Citak Tunc G, Gorak G, Ozyazicioglu N, Ak B, Isil O, Vural P. Preventing child sexual abuse: body safety training for young children in Turkey. J Child Sex Abus. 2018;27(4):347-64. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  10. Knack N, Winder B, Murphy L, Fedoroff JP. Primary and secondary prevention of child sexual abuse. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2019;31(2): 181-94. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  11. Strathearn L, Giannotti M, Mills R, Kisely S, Najman J, Abajobir A. Long-term cognitive, psychological, and health outcomes associated with child abuse and neglect. Pediatrics. 2020;146(4): e20 200438. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC] 
  12. Russell D, Higgins D, Posso A. Preventing child sexual abuse: A systematic review of interventions and their efficacy in developing countries. Child Abuse Negl. 2020;102:104 395. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  13. Jin Y, Chen J, Yu B. Parental practice of child sexual abuse prevention education in China: does it have an influence on child's outcome? Child Youth Serv Rev. 2019;96(1):64-9. [Crossref] 
  14. Cacciatore R, Korteniemi-Poikela E, Kaltiala R. The steps of sexuality-a developmental, emotion-focused, child-centered model of sexual development and sexuality education from birth to adulthood. Int J Sex Health. 2019; 31(3):319-38. [Crossref] 
  15. Jin Y, Chen J, Jiang Y, Yu B. Evaluation of a sexual abuse prevention education program for school-age children in China: a comparison of teachers and parents as instructors. Health Educ Res. 2017;32(4):364-73. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  16. Moon KJ, Park KM, Sung Y. Sexual abuse prevention mobile application (SAP_MobAPP) for primary school children in Korea. J Child Sex Abus. 2017;26(5):573-89. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  17. Özer G, Gölge ZB. Ebeveynlerin çocuk cinsel istismarına dair bilinç düzeyleri endişeleri ve aldıkları önlemler [Parents levels of consciousness, concerns and precautions againts child sexual abuse]. Türkiye Klinikleri Adli Tıp. 2016;2(3):35-43. [Link] 
  18. Üstündağ A, Şenol F, Mağden D. Ebeveynler çocuk istismarına yönelik bilgi düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve bilinçlendirilmesi [Determining the level of knowledge of parents about child abuse and raising awareness]. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi. 2015; 1(2):212-27 [Link] 
  19. Xie QW, Qiao DP, Wang XL. Parent-involved prevention of child sexual abuse: a qualitative exploration of parents' perceptions and practices in Beijing. J Child Fam Stud. 2016;25(3): 999-1010. [Crossref] 
  20. Apaydın Cırık V, Efe E, Velipaşaoğlu S. Educating children through their parents to prevent child sexual abuse in Turkey. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2020;56(3):523-32. [Crossref] 
  21. Iqbal S, Zakar R, Zakar MZ, Fischer F. Perceptions of adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and rights: a cross-sectional study in Lahore District, Pakistan. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2017;17(1):5. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC] 
  22. Reitsema AM, Grietens H. Is anybody listening? The literature on the dialogical process of child sexual abuse disclosure reviewed. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2016;17(3):330-40. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  23. McElvaney R. Disclosure of child sexual abuse: Delays, non-disclosure and partial disclosure. What the research tells us and implications for practice. Child Abuse Rev. 2015;24(3):159-69. [Crossref] 
  24. Bilginer Ç, Hesapçioglu ST, Kandil S. Çocukluk çağı cinsel istismarı: mağdur ve sanık açısından çok yönlü bakış [Sexual abuse in childhood: a multi-dimentional look from the view point of victims and perpetrators]. Dusunen Adam. 2013; 26(1):55. [Crossref] 
  25. Chen JQ, Han P, Lian GL, Dunne MP. [Prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among 2508 college students in 6 provinces of China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2010;31(8):866-9. [PubMed] 
  26. Çetin K, Altıner H. Cinsel istismara uğramış çocukların sosyodemografik değerlendirilmesi [Sociodemographical evalution of children with sexual abuse]. Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Ereğli Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;1(2):135-47. [Link] 
  27. MacIntyre D, Carr A. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the stay safe primary prevention programme for child sexual abuse. Child Abuse Negl. 1999;23(12):1307-25. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  28. Çömez İkican T, Küçük L. Child sexual abuse knowledge/attitude scale for parents: Reliability and validity of the Turkish version. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021;57(2):791-9. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  29. Urazel B, Fidan ST, Gündüz T, Şenlikli M, Asfuroğlu BÖ. Çocuk ve ergen cinsel istis marlarının değerlendirilmesi [Assessment of sexual abused child anadolescent]. Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi. 2017;39(2):18-25. [Crossref] 
  30. Zhang W, Chen J, Feng Y, Li J, Zhao X, Luo X. Young children's knowledge and skills related to sexual abuse prevention: a pilot study in Beijing, China. Child Abuse Negl. 2013;37(9):623-30. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  31. Deblinger E, Thakkar-Kolar RR, Berry EJ, Schroeder CM. Caregivers' efforts to educate their children about child sexual abuse. A replication study. Child Maltreat. 2010;15(1):91-100. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  32. Rudolph J, Zimmer-Gembeck MJ, Shanley DC, Walsh K, Hawkins R. Parental discussion of child sexual abuse: is it associated with the parenting practices of involvement, monitoring, and general communication? J Child Sex Abus. 2018;27(2): 195-216. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  33. Rudolph J, Zimmer-Gembeck MJ, Shanley DC, Hawkins R. Child sexual abuse prevention opportunities: parenting, programs, and the reduction of risk. Child Maltreat. 2018;23(1):96-106. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  34. Chen M, Chan KL. Effects of parenting programs on child maltreatment prevention: a meta-analysis. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2016;17(1):88-104. [Crossref]  [PubMed] 
  35. Pulido ML, Dauber S, Tully BA, Hamilton P, Smith MJ, Freeman K. Knowledge gains following a child sexual abuse prevention program among urban students: a cluster-randomized evaluation. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(7):1344-50. [Crossref]  [PubMed]  [PMC] 

.: Up To Date

.: Process List

Login

 Forgot your password?

 New Registration  

Contact

Ortadoğu Reklam Tanıtım Yayıncılık Turizm Eğitim İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

.: Address

Turkocagi Caddesi No:30 06520 Balgat / ANKARA
Phone: +90 312 286 56 56
Fax: +90 312 220 04 70
E-mail: info@turkiyeklinikleri.com

.: Manuscript Editing Department

Phone: +90 312 286 56 56/ 2
E-mail: yaziisleri@turkiyeklinikleri.com

.: English Language Redaction

Phone: +90 312 286 56 56/ 145
E-mail: tkyayindestek@turkiyeklinikleri.com

.: Marketing Sales-Project Department

Phone: +90 312 286 56 56/ 142
E-mail: reklam@turkiyeklinikleri.com

.: Subscription and Public Relations Department

Phone: +90 312 286 56 56/ 118
E-mail: abone@turkiyeklinikleri.com

.: Customer Services

Phone: +90 312 286 56 56/ 118
E-mail: satisdestek@turkiyeklinikleri.com

1. TERMS OF USE

1.1. To use the web pages with http://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com domain name or the websites reached through the sub domain names attached to the domain name (They will be collectively referred as "SITE"), please read the conditions below. If you do not accept these terms, please cease to use the "SITE." "SITE" owner reserves the right to change the information on the website, forms, contents, the "SITE," "SITE" terms of use anytime they want.

1.2. The owner of the "SITE" is Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. (From now on it is going to be referred as "Turkiye Klinikleri", shortly) and it resides at Turkocagi cad. No:30, 06520 Balgat Ankara. The services in the "SITE" are provided by "Turkiye Klinikleri."

1.3. Anyone accessing the "SITE" with or without a fee whether they are a natural person or a legal identity is considered to agree these terms of use. In this contract hereby, "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the stated terms anytime. These changes will be published in the "SITE" periodically and they will be valid when they are published. Any natural person or legal identity benefiting from and reaching to the "SITE" are considered to be agreed to any change on hereby contract terms done by "Turkiye Klinikleri."

1.4. The "Terms of Use" hereby is published in the website with the last change on March 30th 2014 and the "SITE" is activated by enabling the access to everyone. The "Terms of Use" hereby is also a part of the any "USER Contract" was and/or will be done with the users using "Turkiye Klinikleri" services with or without a fee an inseparable.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1. "SITE": A website offering different kind of services and context with a certain frame determined by "Turkiye Klinikleri" and it is accessible on-line on http://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com domain name and/or subdomains connected to the domain name.

2.2. USER: A natural person or a legal identity accessing to the "SITE" through online settings.

2.3. LINK: A link enabling to access to another website through the "SITE", the files, the context or through another website to the "SITE", the files and the context.

2.4. CONTEXT: Any visual, literary and auditory images published in the "Turkiye Klinikleri", "SITE" and/or any website or any accessible information, file, picture, number/figures, price, etc.

2.5. "USER CONTRACT": An electronically signed contract between a natural or a legal identity benefiting from special services "Turkiye Klinikleri" will provide and "Turkiye Klinikleri".

3. SCOPE OF THE SERVICES

3.1. "Turkiye Klinikleri" is completely free to determine the scope and quality of the services via the "SITE".

3.2. To benefit the services of "Turkiye Klinikleri" "SITE", the "USER" must deliver the features that will be specified by "Turkiye Klinikleri". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change this necessity any time single-sided.

3.3. Not for a limited number, the services "Turkiye Klinikleri" will provide through the "SITE" for a certain price or for free are;

- Providing scientific articles, books and informative publications for health industry.

- Providing structural, statistical and editorial support to article preparation stage for scientific journals.

4. GENERAL PROVISIONS

4.1. "Turkiye Klinikleri" is completely free to determine which of the services and contents provided in the "SITE" will be charged.

4.2. People benefiting from the services provided by "Turkiye Klinikleri" and using the website can use the "SITE" only according to the law and only for personal reasons. Users have the criminal and civil liability for every process and action they take in the "SITE". Every USER agrees, declares and undertakes that they will not proceed by any function or action infringement of rights of "Turkiye Klinikleri"s and/or other third parties', they are the exclusive right holder on usage, processing, storage, made public and revealing any written, visual or auditory information reported to Turkiye Klinikleri" and/or "SITE" to the third parties. "USER" agrees and undertakes that s/he will not duplicate, copy, distribute, process, the pictures, text, visual and auditory images, video clips, files, databases, catalogs and lists within the "SITE", s/he will not be using these actions or with other ways to compete with "Turkiye Klinikleri", directly or indirectly.

4.3. The services provided and the context published within the "SITE" by third parties is not under the responsibility of "Turkiye Klinikleri", institutions collaborated with "Turkiye Klinikleri", "Turkiye Klinikleri" employee and directors, "Turkiye Klinikleri" authorized salespeople. Commitment to accuracy and legality of the published information, context, visual and auditory images provided by any third party are under the full responsibility of the third party. "Turkiye Klinikleri" does not promise and guarantee the safety, accuracy and legality of the services and context provided by a third party.

4.4. "USER"s cannot act against "Turkiye Klinikleri", other "USER"s and third parties by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" has no direct and/or indirect responsibility for any damage a third party suffered or will suffer regarding "USER"s actions on the "SITE" against the rules of the hereby "Terms of Use" and the law.

4.5. "USER"s accept and undertake that the information and context they provided to the "SITE" are accurate and legal. "Turkiye Klinikleri" is not liable and responsible for promising and guaranteeing the verification of the information and context transmitted to "Turkiye Klinikleri" by the "USER"s, or uploaded, changed and provided through the "SITE" by them and whether these information are safe, accurate and legal.

4.6. "USER"s agree and undertake that they will not perform any action leading to unfair competition, weakening the personal and commercial credit of "Turkiye Klinikleri" and a third party,  encroaching and attacking on personal rights within the "SITE" in accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code Law.

4.7. "Turkiye Klinikleri" reserves the right to change the services and the context within the "SITE"  anytime. "Turkiye Klinikleri" may use this right without any notification and timelessly. "USER"s have to make the changes and/or corrections "Turkiye Klinikleri" required immediately. Any changes and/or corrections that are required by "Turkiye Klinikleri", may be made by "Turkiye Klinikleri" when needed. Any harm, criminal and civil liability resulted or will result from changes and/or corrections required by "Turkiye Klinikleri" and were not made on time by the "USER"s belongs completely to the users.

4.8. "Turkiye Klinikleri" may give links through the "SITE" to other websites and/or "CONTEXT"s and/or folders that are outside of their control and owned and run by third parties. These links are provided for ease of reference only and do not hold qualification for support the respective web SITE or the admin or declaration or guarantee for the information inside. "Turkiye Klinikleri" does not hold any responsibility over the web-sites connected through the links on the "SITE", folders and context, the services or products on the websites provided through these links or their context.

4.9. "Turkiye Klinikleri" may use the information provided to them by the "USERS" through the "SITE" in line with the terms of the "PRIVACY POLICY" and "USER CONTRACT". It may process the information or classify and save them on a database. "Turkiye Klinikleri" may also use the USER's or visitor's identity, address, e-mail address, phone number, IP number, which sections of the "SITE" they visited, domain type, browser type, date and time information to provide statistical evaluation and customized services.

5. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

5.1. The information accessed through this "SITE" or provided by the users legally and all the elements (including but not limited to design, text, image, html code and other codes) of the "SITE" (all of them will be called as studies tied to "Turkiye Klinikleri"s copyrights) belongs to "Turkiye Klinikleri". Users do not have the right to resell, process, share, distribute, display or give someone permission to access or to use the "Turkiye Klinikleri" services, "Turkiye Klinikleri" information and the products under copyright protection by "Turkiye Klinikleri". Within hereby "Terms of Use" unless explicitly permitted by "Turkiye Klinikleri" nobody can reproduce, process, distribute or produce or prepare any study from those under "Turkiye Klinikleri" copyright protection.

5.2. Within hereby "Terms of Use", "Turkiye Klinikleri" reserves the rights for "Turkiye Klinikleri" services, "Turkiye Klinikleri" information, the products associated with "Turkiye Klinikleri" copyrights, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trademarks, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trade looks or its all rights for other entity and information it has through this website unless it is explicitly authorized by "Turkiye Klinikleri".

6. CHANGES IN THE TERMS OF USE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" in its sole discretion may change the hereby "Terms of Use" anytime announcing within the "SITE". The changed terms of the hereby "Terms of Use" will become valid when they are announced. Hereby "Terms of Use" cannot be changed by unilateral declarations of users.

7. FORCE MAJEURE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" is not responsible for executing late or never of this hereby "Terms of Use", privacy policy and "USER Contract" in any situation legally taken into account as force majeure. Being late or failure of performance or non-defaulting of this and similar cases like this will not be the case from the viewpoint of "Turkiye Klinikleri", and "Turkiye Klinikleri" will not have any damage liability for these situations. "Force majeure" term will be regarded as outside of the concerned party's reasonable control and any situation that "Turkiye Klinikleri" cannot prevent even though it shows due diligence. Also, force majeure situations include but not limited to natural disasters, rebellion, war, strike, communication problems, infrastructure and internet failure, power cut and bad weather conditions.

8. LAW AND AUTHORISATION TO FOLLOW

Turkish Law will be applied in practicing, interpreting the hereby "Terms of Use" and managing the emerging legal relationships within this "Terms of Use" in case of finding element of foreignness, except for the rules of Turkish conflict of laws. Ankara Courts and Enforcement Offices are entitled in any controversy happened or may happen due to hereby contract.

9. CLOSING AND AGREEMENT

Hereby "Terms of Use" come into force when announced in the "SITE" by "Turkiye Klinikleri". The users are regarded to agree to hereby contract terms by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the contract terms and the changes will be come into force by specifying the version number and the date of change on time it is published in the "SITE".

 

30.03.2014

Privacy Policy

We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

info@turkiyeklinikleri.com