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Thousands of Turkmen migrants have left Turkey or been deported in recent weeks amid Ankara’s renewed crackdown on foreign workers. The returnees return to widespread poverty and a lack of freedom, civil rights, and economic opportunities that caused them to leave Turkmenistan in the first place.
A 26-year-old housewife from southern Kyrgyzstan said she fell victim to sex traffickers who lured her to Turkey with the promise of a job as a domestic worker. She managed to escape sexual slavery but wants those she accuses of deceiving her to face justice.