Baku - The story is told by heroine Sevda (pseudonym). She is 43 years old. Eight years ago, this young woman, who has a daughter, divorced her husband. When she had financial problems, she received an advice from a neighbor to visit compatriot living in Turkey. Unfortunately, by accepting this advice, she became one of hundreds of women deceived by promises of good job abroad. During conversation, Sevda said that when she left Baku, she was promised that she would work as a babysitter or nurse in one of the regions in Turkey. “There were several women with me. I wanted to find a good job and make money.

Upon arrival, they put us in a small room. The woman who brought us there deceived me, saying that she was trying to find a job for me. For this reason, she took my passport. But she sold me to a man who had a gun. I was very scared. Within a month, he forced me to provide sexual services to several men by threatening with his gun. Then they took me to another house. I did not know that I had become a victim of human trafficking, and I did not have the opportunity to fight or escape. I experienced all kinds of physical and mental abuse from the men I was sold to. Fortunately, the last person who bought me became my savior. He understood my situation. According to Sevda, the man helped her to return home. “After 10 days in the house of that man, I was able to get back my passport and returned to Azerbaijan. In fact, it was a miracle, because I had no hope of survival surrounded by armed men. I was told that if I did not obey them, they could easily have killed me”.

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