Abstract

Child Advocacy Centers (CAC), are newly established centers to achive multidisciplinary approach in child sexual abuse. The first CAC in Turkey has been established in 2010 and they are, now, increasing in number all around the country. The basic goal of CACs is to prevent the secondary abuse due to repeating interviews especially in forensic process. Forensic interview in CACs, is based on the thought that the child tells about this special event to a specialized person in a specialized and child-friendly environment. During this special interview, all professionals have their own data and nobody asks any other question to the child. The forensic interview is recorded in order to prevent repeating interviews. After the interview, both the investigation starts and the child is provided with all social and health needs. It is important to support CACs to maintain appropiate approach in child sexual abuse all around the country.