Slavery in Turkey is illegal, though like many other countries, it suffers from issues relating to human trafficking.
[1] According to Walk Free, Turkey ranks 5th in the world and first in Europe and Central Asia in number of modern slaves.
From 1830 onward, the Ottoman Empire issued a number of reforms gradually restricting slavery and slave trade.
Turkey is one of the top destinations for victims of human trafficking, according to a report produced by the UNDOC.
[2] A 2016 report based on the Global Slavery Index estimated that there may be about "480,000 people in Turkey [who] live like modern slaves".