ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that transnational sex work has become mired in disagreements between those focusing on trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation, versus those focusing on labor migration for the purpose of sex work. Sex work in Turkey is allowed under the law as long as the sex worker is registered. In the Turkish language, Natasha means a sex worker from the former Soviet Union and is used as a generic name for all women from these countries. The Natasha issue has provoked much societal debate on the sanctity of the family, even causing stress between husbands and wives. Indeed, in Trabzon, disaffected women formed the 'Association for the Struggle against Natasha's', devoted solely to banning migrant women from the city. The chapter talks about sex workers that they are vulnerable to violence and discrimination, some migrant sex workers are paradoxically in control of their bodies and create their own survival mechanisms in a patriarchal world, utilizing prevalent ideologies to their economic advantage.
