Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written an open letter to Melania Trump urging her to extend the same compassion and advocacy she showed for Ukrainian children to the children of Gaza. Emine Erdogan referenced Melania Trump's previous letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which she appealed for the welfare of Ukrainian orphans. In her letter, Erdogan described Gaza as "a graveyard for children" and highlighted the severe humanitarian crisis, noting that one in three children in Gaza suffers from malnutrition. She called on Melania Trump to help raise awareness and work towards ending the conflict in Gaza, emphasizing the urgent need to protect the lives and futures of Palestinian children amid what she termed the most painful genocide of our time. The letter has been widely reported by international media outlets and has drawn attention to the plight of children caught in the ongoing Gaza conflict.