The BBC published the text of the letter on its X account, which has nearly 50 million followers, as well as its Instagram account, which has 29.4 million followers.
The letter was also covered in a news item on its website titled "Turkish First Lady's Appeal to Melania Trump for the Children of Gaza," citing a quote from the letter that read: "We must unite our voices and our strength against this injustice."
For its part, The Telegraph reported that the message was intended to urge Melania Trump to contribute to efforts to achieve peace in Gaza.
Reuters headlined its story, "Turkey's First Lady Invites Melania Trump to Speak Out on Gaza," while the French magazine Le Point published a report titled, "We Must Unite Our Voices: Emine Erdoğan Calls on Melania Trump to Support Gaza's Children," noting Erdoğan's call on her American counterpart to address and pressure the Israeli occupation regarding the situation of children in the Strip.
Le Figaro also published a report titled, "As a mother, a woman, and a human being: Emine Erdoğan calls on Melania Trump to defend the rights of Gaza's children," highlighting Erdoğan's statement: "As a mother, a woman, and a human being, I was deeply moved by the feelings you expressed in your letter to Putin, and I hope you will instill the same hope for the children of Gaza, who are thirsty for peace and tranquility."
In the same context, the German channel NTV reported that the Turkish president's wife sent a touching message to Melania Trump, urging her to show her compassion for the suffering of Gaza's children.
Other European media outlets, including newspapers and channels in Bulgaria, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, also covered the letter extensively.
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The message also received widespread coverage in prominent media outlets across the Arab world, including Al Jazeera, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Asharq Al-Awsat, and Sky News Arabia, which all paid great attention to its content.
Emine Erdoğan sent the letter on Monday, urging Melania Trump to show the same compassion for Palestinian children as she previously did for children in Ukraine, emphasizing that this moment represents a historic opportunity to shoulder humanitarian responsibility for Gaza.
In her letter, the Turkish president's wife stressed the need to make a strong appeal to the Israeli prime minister to halt the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. She explained that approximately 18,885 children and infants have been killed in Gaza, but that there is still a chance to save more than a million children still alive. She concluded her letter by affirming that "the time for action has long since come."
Since March 2, Israel has closed the crossings into the Gaza Strip, preventing any humanitarian aid from entering. This has pushed the territory into famine, despite the backlog of aid trucks at the border. Israel only allows in very limited quantities, which fail to meet the minimum needs of the starving population.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The Israeli genocide left 62,686 Palestinians dead, 157,951 wounded, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that killed 289 Palestinians, including 115 children, as of Sunday.
