US adds Turkey to list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers – Governments placed on this list are subject to restrictions on certain security assistance and commercial licensing of military equipment, absent a presidential waiver. | The Jerusalem Post

The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, in a move that is likely to further complicate the already fraught ties between Ankara and Washington.