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We spoke with the Sulukule Volunteers Association about their efforts to support equal opportunities in education, the positive effects of providing one free meal at schools on children, and their proposed solutions to address this issue.

In 2020, they said, "There is also a malnutrition problem in Turkey. Stunting, or chronic malnutrition—what we can consider as children being subjected to chronic hunger." In 2024, they no longer acknowledge malnutrition.

According to data from the United Nations World Food Program, 1,7 percent of children under the age of 5 suffer from acute malnutrition and 6 percent of chronic malnutrition in Turkey with a population of 82,3 million.