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Thousands of visitors flock to the “Bulletproof Dreams… Gaza Children’s Painters Exhibition,” held in Taksim Square in Istanbul, which opened last month in the presence of Mrs. Emine Erdogan, wife of the Turkish President.
On December 29, the Turkish Presidency’s Communications Department opened an exhibition of the works of children painters from Gaza, highlighting the human tragedy in the Palestinian Strip in light of the continued Israeli attacks on the Strip since October 7.
Since its opening, thousands of people have visited the exhibition, which aims to draw attention to the human tragedy in Gaza, through the eyes of children.
Speaking to Anatolia, Bushra Qalij, one of the visitors to the exhibition, said that she saw works by Palestinian children, which they should not draw or see in their lives.
She added, “A child at this age should draw houses, trees, and flowers, not people with blood dripping from their heads, and scenes of bombs and warplanes. It is really painful to see that.”
For her part, visitor Sumaya Gidizli indicated that she had different feelings when seeing the drawings in the exhibition, and said, “I feel the pain of the Palestinian children.”
Visitor Dilber Sari pointed out, “It is difficult not to be affected. I feel like crying now. This barbarism is unparalleled. The war must end.”
The exhibition, which continues until January 29, aims to raise the level of awareness in the international community through art, and convey the feelings, traumas, pain and difficult circumstances of children who live and experience the aggression against Gaza.
The exhibition is a project initiated by Turkish journalist Abdullah Aytekin, inspired by a picture drawn by the Gazan child Mona (6 years old), who witnessed the martyrdom of her mother after being targeted by an Israeli missile, followed by the killing of 26 members of her family during the “Cast Lead” aggression on Gaza (2008-2009).
The exhibition, which is located on an area of 1,350 square metres, includes a selection of 266 artworks drawn by children from Gaza, some of whom were later martyred as a result of Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Strip.
The exhibition also includes a special pavilion for journalists and doctors who lost their lives in the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving more than 22,000 martyrs and about 58,000 wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to massive destruction of infrastructure and an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to official Palestinian sources. And internationalism.
