The article highlights the challenging conditions experienced by children impacted by Turkey’s post-2016 crackdown, where numerous infants and young children have been forced to live in prison alongside their detained mothers. Many of these children grow up in overcrowded settings with restricted access to proper healthcare, nutrition, education, and safe opportunities for normal childhood development. According to Advocates of Silenced Turkey, these children, despite being innocent of any wrongdoing, continue to face emotional, psychological, and developmental difficulties linked to their ha