And that our children who are forced to work will continue their education in schools like other children and live their childhood freely. A freer, more fair April 23.' Hope to see you in the future.'

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Dunja Mijatovic Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN Geneva

Lawyer Gizay Dulkadir (Av. Gizay Dulkadir): 'My wish for April 23 is that all our children who are deprived of their freedom in prisons will be free like other children, that our children will not be crushed to death under panzers. x.com/TutsakBebekler…

Gazeteci Aslıhan Gençay (Aslıhan Gençay):
'Hiçbir çocuğun yeri cezaevi değildir. Hiçbir çocuk böyle bir yaşamı hak etmiyor. Bu sorumluluk öncelikle devletindir. Türkiye değişecekse yeni kuşaklarla değişecek ve yeni kuşaklar da, bugünün çocukları.'

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Sergey Lagodinsky Jörg Brase

Journalist Aslıhan Gençay (Aslıhan Gençay):
'No child's place is in prison. No child deserves such a life. This burden belongs primarily to the state. If Turkey is to change, it will change with new generations, and they are today's kids.'
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Make the necessary arrangements and open those doors and iron bars.
'Remove the obstacles that prevent children from developing and growing up in a healthy way together with their mothers.'

23 April of Captive Children

Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls Rebecca Harms

552 children will be walking around with their mothers in narrow courtyards that do not see the gray sun. On this holiday, I will send a message to the authorities. We call out once again, as we have called out many times: Children's place is not in prisons.

Activist Cemal Yıldırım (Cemal Yıldırım): 'Today is April 23, National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Today, while many youngsters and children are wandering and having fun in schools and parks, eating and drinking whatever they want, flying balloons, running and playing in nature,

Dem Party Deputy Ferit Şenyaşar
Ferit Şenyaşar : 'April 23 is Children's Day. But children cannot experience the holiday they dream of. There are 552 children in prisons. There are not so many children in prison anywhere in the world.
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I call out to the T.C. Adalet Bakanlığı Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç; the 9th Judicial package is currently being prepared. An article should be added for children, and children should not grow up in prison.'

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Commissioner for Human Rights UNICEF Türkiye

We hope that on the occasion of April 23, the authorities in Turkey hear these calls, and 552 babies and children in prisons are freed in a more livable environment.'
23 April of Captive Children

UNICEF Türkiye Jörg Brase Commissioner for Human Rights

In recent years, children and babies in prisons in Turkey have had a more difficult life.
Unfortunately, calls for their freedom in this environment remain inconclusive. Recently, babies and children behind bars are trying to hold on to life.

Journalist Bedrettin Uğur (Bedrettin UĞUR):
“Türkiye is one of the rare countries in the world that celebrates Children's Day. Unfortunately, what a contradiction, it is at the top of the list of shame with the number of babies and kids in its prisons. x.com/TutsakBebekler…

This is a sad picture. This needs to end as soon as possible. You all know about the massacre in Gaza, you all witnessed it. May all this pain end and as we sing in our song
Children should not be killed and they should be able to eat candy.

23 April of Captive Children

Musician Ercan Aydin (ERCAN AYDIN): “We are in this fight so that kids can be happy, laugh to their heart, and eat candy, not only in Anatolia but all over the world. Today, about 600 children are imprisoned with their mothers in this country. x.com/TutsakBebekler…

Detained mothers and fathers of children in need of care in prisons should be urgently released.
The delay in the establishment of justice makes the care conditions of these children difficult.
Let this April 23 be a real fest when children's rights violations end.

We have children who were given to kindergartens because there was no one to care for them among their relatives. There are people who experience this pain that we have difficulty even imagining. Those who live with their flesh and bones.”
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“CHILDREN WHO CELEBRATE WITH THEIR PARENTS IN PRISON…”
Lawyer Av.Hatice YILDIZ wrote:
“Our children, whose parents were in prison together, were abandoned to a completely different phase of pain. Great men continue their existence through these tiny bodies.

On this happy fest, where we grow brotherhood and spread love, hear the voices of our kids who dont forget those who are deprived of their freedom and loved ones, who dont care about the distances and bring hearts closer..
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Bayramlar vefa günleridir.
23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı’nda aramızdan ayrılan masum çocuklarımızı da unutmuyoruz.
Ruhlarınız şad olsun, aziz hatıralarınız hafızalarda.
Daha özgür ve barış içindeki 23 Nisanlar tüm çocuklarımızın hakkı.
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