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Turkey's parliament is considering changes to a law governing private security services — an idea that frightens some people and reassures others.
Private security has become one of the fastest growing sectors in Turkey. Newspapers are filled with thousands of notices from state institutions, municipalities, universities, private firms, malls and airports that offer security jobs. The state is the leading buyer of private security services, which procured nearly $1 billion worth between 2009 and 2015. Roughly $300 million of that amount was spent in 2015 alone.
