The prospect for success in child labour programmes in Turkey is encouraging. A strong commitment at the highest political and administrative level has been made in the official document of the Prime Minister's Office. The economic and development priorities of the Government of Turkey are spelled out in the Eighth Five Year Development Plan of Turkey (2000-2005), which contains objectives directly and indirectly influencing child labour. The final development plan as a whole is equally impressive for its attention to the integration of child labour concerns in the policies and programmes of the ministries of social welfare, education, labour and interior affairs. The Plan commits the Government to not only respond to the demands arising from child labour trends but also to be pro-active in promoting policies to alter such trends (the Official Gazette on 27.06.2000). Policies directed at the root causes of the problem of child labour include efforts to increase family incomes, provide social welfare and security to families and reduce the cost of education for poor families (pg.115) Another important policy statement concerns the accessibly and quality of education and ensuring the full implementation of the eight-year compulsory education (pg. 107) Revision and improvement of the vocational training programme is another important policy development included in the Plan. (pg. 107)

The following child labour policy directives form a part of the Eighth Five Year Development Plan of Turkey (pg. 114 and 115):
840. To fully implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
843. To eliminate the causing forcing children to work, to go to the streets or to become involved in crime and drug abuse.
844. To eliminate the constraints that prevent children from attending school. To ensure the full implementation of the eight-year primary education scheme. To raise the quality of vocational training. To eliminate child labour in the long term.
845. To enhance the capacity of institutions that provide services to children in terms of the number and the skill level of staff.
850. To harmonize national legislation with international conventions.

Turkey has ratified the following ILO Conventions related to child labour:
Convention 15: Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stockers), 1959;
Convention 58: Minimum Age (Sea) (revised), 1959;
Convention 77: Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry), 1984;
Convention 123: Minimum Age (Underground work), 1992;
Convention 59: Minimum Age (Industry) (revised), 1993;
Convention 138: Minimum Age;
Convention 182: Worst Forms of Child Labour.

Also, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified on 27.01.1995. Regulation exists at the constitutional level, forced labour is prohibited by the Government (Article 18. Prohibition of Forced Labour). There are several other legislation's relating to the employment of the children: The Labour Act, The Public Hygiene Act, The Unions Act and The Apprenticeship Act.