{"id":54832,"date":"2026-04-03T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54832\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:49:11","slug":"turkish-minister-called-891-youngsters-living-in-prison-with-their-mothers-terrorists-children-opposition-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54832\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish minister called 891 youngsters living in prison with their mothers \u2018terrorists\u2019 children\u2019: opposition lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Turkish opposition lawmaker has said the country\u2019s family minister described 891 youngsters under the age of 6living in prison with their mothers as \u201cterrorists\u2019 children,\u201d the Velev news website reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In remarks to a parliamentary committee on Thursday, \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu of the pro-Kurdish Peoples\u2019 Equality and Democracy Party said Turkey\u2019s Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur \u00d6zdemir G\u00f6kta\u015f had told him in an earlier conversation that the youngsters were \u201cterrorists\u2019 children\u201d and that the Justice Ministry, not her ministry, should deal with them. He raised the exchange as lawmakers debated a bill on family policies, including maternity leave and social media restrictions for minors.<\/p>\n

TBMM Sa\u011fl\u0131k, Aile, \u00c7al\u0131\u015fma ve Sosyal \u0130\u015fler Komisyonunda, sosyal medyaya ve do\u011fum iznine y\u00f6nelik d\u00fczenlemeleri de i\u00e7eren kanun teklifi ile ilgili konu\u015fuyorum! pic.twitter.com\/1rboDRMBCq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu (@gergerliogluof) April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Gergerlio\u011flu, there are 891 young children living in Turkish prisons with their mothers, who are either jailed pending trial or serving sentences. The number of children accompanying their mothers in prison in Turkey skyrocketed in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, when thousands of women were arrested due to their alleged links to the faith-based G\u00fclen movement.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has targeted followers of the G\u00fclen movement, inspired by the late Muslim cleric Fethullah G\u00fclen, since corruption investigations in December 2013 implicated him as well as some members of his family and inner circle. He dismissed the probes as a G\u00fclenist conspiracy and later designated the movement a terrorist organization in May 2016, intensifying a sweeping crackdown after the failed coup in July of the same year that he accused G\u00fclen of orchestrating. The movement denies involvement in the coup attempt or any terrorist activity.<\/p>\n


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