The trial began today of two Turkish health professionals accused of failing to notify police about the presence of 115 pregnant teenage patients at an Istanbul hospital they helped run. The case has sparked national fury because many of the girls were allegedly under 15, the minimum age of consent in Turkey, reported the independent online news publication BiaNet.
The patients allegedly included at least 30 Syrians. A hospital employee who blew the whistle claimed that all of the girls had been admitted to the Kanuni Sultan Suleyman hospital between January and May 2017, leaving the public wondering how many more like them may have walked through its doors.
