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Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out for Gaza’s children

Emine Erdogan, first lady of Turkiye, at the 22nd Doha Forum in Qatar, December 7, 2024 [Urooba Jamal/Al Jazeera]

The Turkish first lady, Emine Erdogan, has sent a letter to United States President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, urging her to contact Israel’s prime minister and raise the issue of Gaza children’s plight.

Emine, the wife of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wrote on Friday that she was inspired by the letter Melania sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month about the state of children in Ukraine and Russia.

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