<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Turkey's First Lady has urged </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-tells-melania-to-proceed-with-legal-action-against-hunter-biden/d2eb5e18-4d84-4735-b8ef-55d136ea75f2" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melania Trump"><span>Melania Trump</span></a><span> to speak up for Palestinian children after she wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin about protecting Ukrainian youth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emine Erdoğan, wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğa, asked the US first lady to "extend the advocacy" to children in Gaza in a public message.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have faith that the important sensitivity you have shown for the 648 Ukrainian children ... will be extended to Gaza as well," Erdogan wrote in a letter shared by the Turkish presidency.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/taigum-homicide-investigation-after-brisbane-woman-found-with-critical-injuries/94d50f57-5cac-425b-843e-a4a056375e6e" rel="" target="_blank" title="Man, 52, charged with murder after mother found dead in Brisbane"><strong><span>Man, 52, charged with murder after mother found dead in Brisbane</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The phrase 'unknown baby' written on the shrouds of thousands of Gazan children opens irreparable wounds in our consciences."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Erdogan told Melania that Gaza has been turned into a "children's cemetary" and pleaded ith her to unite with Turkey's government against the "injustice".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These days, when the world is experiencing a collective awakening and the recognition of Palestine has become a global will. I believe that your call on behalf of Gaza would fulfil a historic responsibility toward the Palestinian people," Erdogan's letter continued.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/melania-trump-turkish-first-lady-sends-message-over-gaza-children/e4bb39b7-e119-4dee-97f1-f490cab4bb9b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House has not responded to Erdogan's letter.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woollahra-sydney-hidden-train-station-revival-thousands-of-homes-state-government-plan/8ca7ecd8-69f6-4fd3-aa1d-ff42ced2bf1a" target="_blank" title="Abandoned train station in Sydney's east to be revived"><strong><span>Abandoned train station in Sydney's east to be revived</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Turkish first lady's letter follows an official declaration from a global hunger monitor which determined Gaza and surrounding regions are suffering from famine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later dismissed the report as an "outright lie".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-putin-meeting-first-lady-melania-trump-writes-letter-to-russian-president/9ea285b2-0079-436d-9540-86c7b96241a2" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melania earlier this month"><span>Melania earlier this month</span></a><span> penned a letter to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-reverses-on-the-need-for-a-ceasefire-before-a-potential-peace-deal-ending-the-war-in-ukraine/4e98a7f2-042f-4699-9840-4ecdba83aaab" target="_blank" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin"><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin</span></a><span>, which was hand-delivered by President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, calling on him to protect children and "nurture the next generation's hope" as his war on Ukraine continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melania Trump said Putin "can singlehandedly restore" children's "melodic laughter," adding that "in protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone – you serve humanity itself.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The chief of staff for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US' First Lady Melania Trump for calling on Russia's President to save deported Ukrainian children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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